No. 22-5350

Randolph J. Norwood v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2022-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fatal-variance trial-integrity victim-identification witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-10-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a fatal variance and due process violation occurs when a state charges a defendant with a crime against a specific individual but presents a different individual as the alleged victim at trial and secures a conviction based on that testimony

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Can a State charge a defendant with committing a crime against a specific individual and at trial present a completely different individual as the alleged victim to testify, and thereafter, convicting the defendant based on that testimony? Is this a fatal variance and a violation of due process?

Docket Entries

2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2022-08-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 15, 2022)

Attorneys

Florida
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General, Respondent
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General, Respondent
Randolph J. Norwood
Randolph J. Norwood — Petitioner
Randolph J. Norwood — Petitioner