Scott Lindsay Halfhill v. Washington
DueProcess
Should this Court grant Certiorari when Halfhill was convicted of killing a man with intent upon nothing more than being one of many people in the victim's orbit, when police had a primary suspect who'd made inculpatory statements but died before being charged, and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's protection against conviction but upon evidence beyond a reasonable doubt?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED. ; : (1) Should this Court grant Certiorari when Halfhill was convicted 7 . of killing a man with intent upon nothing more than being one . . | of many people in the victim's orbit, when police had a primary O ; suspect who'd made inculpatory statements but died before 7 . being charged, and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's , protection against. conviction but upon. evidence beyond a ; reasonable doubt? ; , a , ; (2): Should this Court grant Certiorari when trial counsel failed : to raise the other primary suspect, the one police collected ; a ue oo DNA from but never sent it.to the crime lab because the : , : : . suspect died, and thereafter the DNA the victim scraped off: : o ; : the perpetrator remained unmatched to the primary suspect who a a, made inculpatory statements to police, in violation of the ‘ ‘ . Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel? : : ' \ ; ii. — ,