No. 25-6414

Matthew R. Davis v. Maine

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-22
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights expert-testimony eye-witness-identification ineffective-assistance post-conviction sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance of counsel, under the Sixth Amendment, by failing to timely disclose an expert report on eye-witness identification that resulted in the court excluding such expert testimony at trial?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment by failing to timely disclose an expert report on eye-witness identification

Docket Entries

2026-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-12-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2026)

Attorneys

Matthew Davis
Hunter J. TzovarrasLaw Office of Hunter J Tzovarras, Petitioner