No. 24-6717

Allaquan Jackson, aka Khalif Jackson, aka Kailif Jackson v. New Jersey

Lower Court: New Jersey
Docketed: 2025-03-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: alibi-witness due-process fair-trial judicial-bias recusal sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-05-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial is violated by a trial judge with personal knowledge of an alibi witness who did not testify due to fear of judicial interference in family court proceedings

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. IS THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL VIOLATED BY THE TRIAL JUDGE WHO POSSESSED “PERSONAL ” KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PETITIONER ’S ALIBI WITNESS, AND THE TESTIFYING WITNESS FAILED TO TESTIFY IN FEAR THAT PETITIONER ’S TRIAL JUDGE WHO SAT ON HER FAMILY COURT CASE, WOULD INTERFERE WITH HER GETTING BACK HER CHILDREN II. DID THE TRIAL JUDGE FAILURE TO RECUSE HIMSELF ON HIS OWN OBLIGATORY MOTION CREATE A STRUCTURAL ERROR, WHICH DEPRIVED PETITIONER OF A FAIR UNBIASED TRIAL, SINCE PETITIONER ’S ALIBI WITNESS FEARED TESTIFYING, BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THE TRIAL JUDGE RECOGNIZING HER WOULD INTERFERE WITH HER FAMILY COURT CUSTODY ISSUES WITH HER CHILDREN. III. DID TRIAL COUNSEL(S) FAILURE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECUES THE TRIAL JUDGE AFTER HE RECOGNIZED, HE SAT ON PETITIONER ’S ALIBI WITNESS FAMILY COURT CASE CONSTITUTE DEFICIENT PERFORMANCE WHICH PREJUDICED PETITIONER ’S DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO PRESENT A COMPLETE DEFENSE 1

Docket Entries

2025-05-05
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
2025-01-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2025)

Attorneys

Allaquan Jackson
Allaquan Jackson — Petitioner