No. 23-5785

Joshua Aston v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2023-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions reopening-of-case right-to-present-defense right-to-testify sixth-amendment trial-procedure unanimous-jury
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where a defendant's right to testify was violated

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented: 1 Where a defendant wasn't afforded the opportunity to testify, did the trial court or defense counsel violate a defendant's right to testify and present a comprehensive defense as protected by the 6th Amendment by neglecting to address and document a defendant's right to testify during the defense phase and subsequently after the State's case was reopened in an irregular : manner? . 5 2 Does instructing a jury to vote unanimously, effectively eliminating the possibility of a hung jury? 3 Does the untimeliness of an appeal outweigh clear injustices, and is there a standard in which courts should abide in determining when to ignore a claim and continue to allow justice to be denied, particularly in cases involving newly discovered evidence, actual innocence, and claims with constitutional magnitude? : : 1 y Il. Related Cases State of Arizona vs. Joshua Aston, No CR 22-0314-PR, Arizona Supreme Court. judgment entered on 8-3-23. ; State of Arizona vs. Joshua Aston, No 1 CA-CR 22-00143 PRPC, Court of Appeals, Div. 1. Judgement entered on 12-8-22. State of Arizona vs. Joshua Aston, No CR 2004-006474-001, Maricopa County Superior Court. Judgement entered on 3-25-22. Ill.

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-09-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 15, 2023)

Attorneys

Joshua Aston
Joshua Aston — Petitioner
Joshua Aston — Petitioner