No. 23-5343

Scott Lindsay Halfhill v. Washington

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2023-08-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: alternative-suspect circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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 Presented (OCR Extract)

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. — ,

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-07-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 11, 2023)

Attorneys

Scott Lindsay Halfhill
Scott Halfhill — Petitioner
Scott Halfhill — Petitioner