No. 22-5054

Tyrik Upchurch v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review due-process evidence-rules expert-testimony expert-witness-testimony judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings lay-witness-testimony new-trial standard-of-review third-circuit trial-error
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in failing to award the Petitioner a new trial due to the District Court's error in allowing the government to introduce expert witness testimony in the form of lay witness testimony?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented For Review Did the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower court when it failed to award the Petitioner a new trial as the result of error in the District Court where the Court allowed the government to introduce expert witness testimony in the form of lay witness testimony?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2022)

Attorneys

Tyrik Upchurch
Coley ReynoldsReynolds Firm, LLC, Petitioner
Coley ReynoldsReynolds Firm, LLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent