No. 22-6828

Luis Espinoza v. Tammy Foss, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2023-03-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Were Mr. Espinoza's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights violated?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Were Mr. Espinoza’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights violated by: (1) the jury’s viewing a witness’s refusal to testify; (2) the prosecutor asking the witness in front of the jury whether he told Mr. Espinoza to kill the victim; and (3) the prosecutor arguing the witness’s refusal to answer questions was evidence of Mr. Espinoza’s guilt? -i

Docket Entries

2023-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-03-01
Waiver of right of respondent Foss, Warden to respond filed.
2023-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 24, 2023)

Attorneys

Foss, Warden
Michele Joette SwansonCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Michele Joette SwansonCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Luis Espinoza
Jonathan GrossmanSixth District Appellate Prog., Petitioner
Jonathan GrossmanSixth District Appellate Prog., Petitioner