No. 18-6651
IFP
Tags: criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness right-to-fair-trial statement-against-interest trial-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2019-01-11
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER FLORIDA ERRONEOUSLY DECIDED
THAT THE TRIAL JUDGE DID NOT DENY
PETITIONER A TRIAL IN ACCORD WITH
FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS OF DUE
PROCESS, GUARANTEED UNDER THE
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION, WHEN HE
PREVENTED DEFENSE FROM INTRODUCING A
TAPE-RECORDED JAIL CONVERSATION OF
PETITIONER'S WIFE ADMITTING THAT SHE
HAD COMMITTED THE CRIMES IN QUESTION
AS A STATEMENT AGAINST INTEREST?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the trial judge denied the petitioner a trial in accord with fundamental standards of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing the defense from introducing a tape-recorded jail conversation of the petitioner's wife admitting to committing the crimes in question as a statement against interest
Docket Entries
2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2018)
Attorneys
Antonio Cobb
Antonio Cobb — Petitioner