arbitrary-exclusion

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-5095 Melissa Elizabeth Lucio v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Amici (2)IFP arbitrary-exclusion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-exclusion evidentiary-standards expert-testimony false-confession right-to-defense right-to-present-defense Whether the exclusion of defense evidence that could have cast doubt on the defendant's false confession violated the defendant's clearly established …