No. 25-6042

Calvin Shaw v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2025-11-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alibi-witnesses appellate-review criminal-procedure government-witnesses ineffective-assistance trial-counsel
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding trial counsel's representation ineffective based on failure to call alibi witnesses and impeach government witnesses

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

IDID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT DID NOT FIND TRIAL COUNSELS REPRESENTATION OF MR. SHAW INEFFECTIVE BASED ON HIS FAILURE TO CALL ALIBI WITNESSESS ON MR. SHAW'S BEHALF? 2iDID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT DID NOT FIND TRIAL COUNSEL'S REPRESENTATION OF MR. SHAW INEFFECTIVE BASED ON HIS FAILURE TO IMPEACH ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT WITNESSES? 3. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN FINDING TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO CALL ALIBI WITNESSES OR IMPEACH GOVERNMENT WITNESSES PRUDENT TRIAL STRATEGY? 4. PETITIONER REQUEST IN LIGHT OF SUPREME COURT RULING'S IN GLOSSIP V. OKLAHOMA AND ANDREW V. WHITE TO GVR AS THE LOWER COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY NOT EVEN ADDRESSING NAPUE V. ILLINOIS VIOLATION WHEN EVIDENCE STEMMED FROM PERJURED TESTIMONY. 5. PETITIONER REQUEST IN LIGHT OF SUPREME COURT RULING'S IN GLOSSIP V. OKLAHOMA AND ANDREW V. WHITE TO GVR AS THE LOWER COURT OF APPEALS DID NOT ADDRESS TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE OR THE EXCEEDING IT'S AUTHORITY DOWN BELOW AT ALL THAT WAS ABUSE OF DISCRETION. 1

Docket Entries

2025-12-08
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)

Attorneys

Calvin Shaw
Calvin Shaw — Petitioner
Calvin Shaw — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent