Fidel Flores v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Did the Fifth Circuit err in its review of Petitioner's Sixth Amendment claim and its evaluation of Strickland prejudice when it determined that repeated improper expert and lay testimony regarding the truthfulness of the Complainant and of children, in general, is arguably cumulative evidence of the Complainant's credibility and therefore harmless, if the Complainant testifies at trial?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in its review of Petitioner’s Sixth Amendment claim — and its evaluation of Strickland prejudice — when it determined that repeated improper expert and lay testimony regarding the truthfulness of the Complainant and of children, in general, is arguably cumulative evidence of the Complainant’s credibility and therefore harmless, if the Complainant testifies at trial? 2