No. 25-231

Jon Wynn Jarrard, Sr. v. Wilfredo Martell, Warden

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: confrontation-clause due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the conviction obtained through false testimony in violation of the petitioner's 14th Amendment rights, and was the petitioner's right to confront witnesses under the 6th Amendment violated by hearsay testimony and lack of cross-examination

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Was the conviction obtained through the use of what the Solicitor knew, or should have known to be false testimony, and did the Solicitor fail to correct the false testimony when it occurred, in violation of the petitioner's constitutional rights under the 14th USCA? 2. Was Petitioner's right to confront all witnesses against him as guaranteed by the 6th USCA violated by testimony of what the grandmother of the alleged victim had said, and by the testimony of Tony Collins saying what the solicitor had said and by no one calling the grandmother or the solicitor to the stand for cross examination even though they were available at the trial and there was no prior opportunity to cross examine her? 3. Was Defense counsel ineffective by not being familiar with discovery and failing to interview important witnesses. Violating petitioner's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel under the 6th USCA? i

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-09-04
Waiver of right of respondent Wilfredo Martell, Warden to respond filed.
2025-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)

Attorneys

Jon Wynn Jarrard
Jon Wynn Jarrard Sr. — Petitioner
Jon Wynn Jarrard Sr. — Petitioner
Wilfredo Martell, Warden
Melody Jane BrownSouth Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Melody Jane BrownSouth Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent