No. 24-6457

Darrell Blount v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony eyewitness-testimony fair-trial show-up-identification
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-03-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the admission of an unreliable show-up identification violated the petitioner's due process rights and whether the exclusion of an eyewitness identification expert testimony violated the right to present a complete defense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL BY THE ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE OF AN UNRELIABLE SHOW-UP IDENTIFICATION IN VIOLATION OF HIS RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS. Il. WHETHER THE EXCLUSION AT TRIAL OF PETITIONER’S EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION EXPERT VIOLATED PETITIONER’S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRESENT A COMPLETE DEFENSE.

Docket Entries

2025-03-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-03-04
Waiver of Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-04
Waiver of right of respondent Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. to respond filed.
2025-01-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 5, 2025)

Attorneys

Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al.
Jennifer Erin KmieciakN.J. Office of A.G. - Div. of Criminal Justice, Respondent
Darrell Blount
Mark Allan BermanHartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLP, Petitioner