No. 22-5588

John Wakefield v. New York

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2022-09-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: artificial-intelligence confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony forensic-evidence probabilistic-genotyping sixth-amendment source-code
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-04-21 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Confrontation Clause require disclosure of AI software source code?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Does the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution require the disclosure of the source code of an artificial intelligence probabilistic genotyping software that analyzes and deduces raw information and renders an opinion as to the ultimate issue of fact in the case free from human participation and is it violated where the trial court permits a human witness to testify as to the conclusions of that software without disclosing its source code and hence how the evidence is actually analyzed and how the conclusions were reached? i

Docket Entries

2023-04-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-04-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
2022-12-12
2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-13
Brief of respondent New York in opposition filed.
2022-09-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 17, 2022)

Attorneys

John Wakefield
Matthew Charles HugHug Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Matthew Charles HugHug Law, PLLC, Petitioner
People of the State of New York
William Manabu LemonSchenectady County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
William Manabu LemonSchenectady County District Attorney's Office, Respondent