No. 23-5319

Antoine L. Riggins v. Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brecht-exception brecht-v-abrahamson co-defendant-confession fair-trial fourteenth-amendment joint-trial sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is there an urgent need to further discuss the exception mentioned in Brecht v. Abrahamson 507 U.S. 619 (1993) where defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights are violated when their non-testifying co-defendant's confession is used against them at a joint trial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. IS THERE AN URGENT NEED TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE EXCEPTION MENTIONED IN BRECHT V. ABRAHAMSON 507 U.S. 619 (1993). WHERE DEFENDANT'S SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED, WHEN THEIR NON-TESTIFYING CODEFENDANT'S CONFESSION IS USED AGINST THEM AT A JOINT TRIAL? 2. IS A DEFENDANT DENIED A FAIR TRIAL UNDER THE SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS, WHEN A SPECTATOR'S EMOTIONAL OUTBURST DURING TRIAL WAS PROVING TO HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE JURY? . ;

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-14
Waiver of right of respondent Eric Tice, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset to respond filed.
2023-08-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2023)
2023-06-28
Application (22A1123) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 7, 2023.
2023-06-16
Application (22A1123) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 27, 2023 to August 6, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Antonie L. Riggins
Antoine L. Riggins — Petitioner
Antoine L. Riggins — Petitioner
Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset
Nancy WinkelmanDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Nancy WinkelmanDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent