No. 23-7237

William Bruce Justice v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2024-04-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: cross-examination due-process indigent-rights mootness parole-revocation post-conviction-relief procedural-fairness right-to-be-heard state-procedure witness-confrontation
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-06-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does South Carolina's parole revocation scheme comply with the constitutional framework?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does South Carolina’s parole revocation scheme comply with this Court’s constitutional framework, where—in every case—indigent inmates are deprived of their right to cross-examine adverse witnesses, where they are not provided with the packet the parole board receives, and where they are not given a meaningful opportunity to speak in their own defense? 2. Due to the inherent delays in post-conviction relief proceedings, which often extend beyond a petitioner’s period of incarceration, does application of the mootness doctrine constitute an inadequate state procedural bar that would prevent future petitioners from receiving relief, given the underlying due process violations in the case at bar remain unaddressed? i

Docket Entries

2024-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
2024-04-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 17, 2024)
2024-03-07
Application (23A821) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 11, 2024.
2024-02-28
Application (23A821) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 12, 2024 to April 11, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

William Justice
Taylor GilliamUniversity of South Carolina School of Law, Petitioner