No. 23-5278

Earl Monroe Belcher v. Brian Williams, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: chain-of-custody constitutional-rights district-court dna-evidence due-process federal-law habeas-corpus hearsay ineffective-assistance reasonable-doubt unreasonable-application
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court's decision was an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether the District Courts' of COA was an unreasonable : application of clearly established federal law? 2. Whether the District Court erred in denying whether a reasonable jurist could find this COA debatable amongst reasonable jurists; an unreasonable application of clearly established Supreme Court law? 3. Whether the District Courts justice erred in denying whether or not to issue a certificate of appealability; an unreasonable application of clearly established Supreme Court law? 4. Whether the Court violated Petitioner's Constitutional Rights by allowing the admission of DNA evidence without a proper chain of custody occurring; was an unreasonable application of facts and law? 5. Whether..the Court erred by allowing contaminating evidence to be used; was an unreasonably application of clearly established Supreme Court law? . 6. Whether the Court erred by. allowing the prosecutor to instruct jurors to not hunt for Reasonable Doubt; an unreasonable. application of clearly established Federal Supreme Court law? ~ 7. Whether the Court erred in allowing Hearsay Evidence to be entered, and whether Defense Counsel rendered Ineffective Assistance by failing to object to such evidence. . . 8

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-07-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2023)

Attorneys

Earl Monroe Belcher
Earl Monroe Belcher — Petitioner
Earl Monroe Belcher — Petitioner