No. 24-5706

Paul Gary Wallace v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: ballistics-evidence criminal-procedure due-process forensic-testimony scientific-reliability toolmark-identification
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a firearms examiner's conclusive testimony about ballistics matching violates a defendant's due process rights when such evidence is inherently subjective and lacks scientific rigor

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether and to what extent it violates a defendant’s due process rights to allow a firearms examiner to testify conclusively that two sets of ballistics were fired from the same gun, even though this type of evidence is inherently subjective, unscientific, and has an unknown error rate? pretix

Docket Entries

2024-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
2024-10-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2024)

Attorneys

Paul Gary Wallace
Kristi A. HughesLaw Office of Kristi A. Hughes, Petitioner
Kristi A. HughesLaw Office of Kristi A. Hughes, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent