No. 23-6475

Darrius Decnan Redd v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause credibility cross-examination due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sex-trafficking
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court violated the Defendant's Due Process and Confrontation rights by excluding video evidence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW i. In this case alleging sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, whether the district court violated the Defendant’s Due Process and Confrontation rights by excluding video wherein the victim had consensual sex with the Defendant and made statements consenting to prostitution (including that having a pimp was the “perfect situation” for her because she “likeld] to be controlled and told what to do”). i. Whether the Government engaged in prosecutorial misconduct and deprived the Defendant of a fair trial by asking the Defendant over 80 times on crossexamination whether he had heard the testimony of other witnesses, thus prompting him to comment on their credibility.

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 12, 2024)

Attorneys

Darrius Decnan Redd
Gina MessamerParrish Law Firm, Petitioner
Gina MessamerParrish Law Firm, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent