No. 25-5108

Howard Griffith v. New York

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2025-07-15
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: appellate-review clean-slate-act constitutional-rights criminal-record-sealing due-process rape-first-degree
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-12-12 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's inability to seal a criminal record under the Clean Slate Act constitutes a further constitutional violation following an unconstitutional conviction

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

If a defendant can demonstrate that the conviction for his/her sexually violent offense is unconstitutional, should it be deemed to be a further violation of his/her constitutional rights if, because he/she is a sex offender, the “Clean Slate Act” does not authorize him/her to have his/her criminal record sealed? I am trying to convince the New York State Court of Appeals that I should be given back my right to take an appeal from my unconstitutional conviction for “Rape in the First Degree [ ]” because I can't have my criminal record sealed in essence of the “Clean Slate Act” going into effect, but the New York State Court of Appeals cannot consider this because a precedent hasn't been established for it to be determined that it is a further violation of my constitutional rights with regard to being subject to the conditions that need to be considered in this question.

Docket Entries

2025-12-15
Motion for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by petitioner DENIED.
2025-11-25
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-13
Motion for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by petitioner.
2025-10-06
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2025-07-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-24
Waiver of New York of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-24
Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed.
2025-06-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 14, 2025)

Attorneys

Howard Griffith
Howard Griffith — Petitioner
Howard Griffith — Petitioner
New York
Bradley Wayne OastlerOnondaga County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Bradley Wayne OastlerOnondaga County District Attorney's Office, Respondent