No. 22-6077

William Donnell, III v. Eddie Caley, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-11-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-evidence impeachment lead-detective right-to-present-defense trial-court-error trial-error witness-impeachment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2023-01-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the trial court violate the defendant's Confrontation Clause rights and right to present a defense?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . 1. Did the trial court, by prohibiting me from impeaching the lead detective with extrinsic evidence specifically contradicting his testimony on direct examination, violate my Confrontation Clause rights and my right to present a defense, necessitating reversal? 2. Did the trial court violate my Confrontation Clause rights, and thus reversibly err, when it prohibited cross-examination of a key prosecution witness concerning that witness’s pending drug charge, which was dismissed before trial by the same District Attorney’s office prosecuting this case? 3. Did the trial court abuse its discretion by rejecting a 16-year plea agreement proposed by the parties, without articulating any reasn for doing so? 4. Does cumulative trial error necessitate reversal? 5. Were the Appellate Courts wrong to uphold the decisions of the trial court, based upon misapplication or misinterpretation of the law? ' 6. Do the violations of the 5t, 6th, and 14th amendments of the Constitution, Due Process of Law, and the established case law involved demand review by the Supreme Court in order to protect the provisions within? |

Docket Entries

2023-01-17
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
2022-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2022)

Attorneys

William Donnell III
William Donnell III — Petitioner
William Donnell III — Petitioner