No. 24-5430

Christopher J. Thorpe v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus sexual-battery sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Petitioner's constitutional right of confrontation was violated by the trial court's ruling that the 'door was opened' to a law enforcement officer's testimony about other women's allegations

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether — pursuant to this Court’s holding in Hemphill v. New York, 595 U.S. 140 (2022) — the Petitioner’s constitutional right of confrontation was violated by the trial court’s ruling that the “door was opened” to a law enforcement officer’s testimony that “at least eight [other] women that came forward with inappropriate conduct.” il B. PARTIES INVOLVED The parties involved are identified in the style of the case. iii

Docket Entries

2024-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-11
Waiver of Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections of right to respond submitted.
2024-09-11
Waiver of right of respondent Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections to respond filed.
2024-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 30, 2024)
2024-07-15
Application (24A41) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until August 24, 2024.
2024-07-10
Application (24A41) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 25, 2024 to August 26, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Christopher Thorpe
Michael Robert UffermanMichael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent