No. 18-6673

Tracy Lebron Vick v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2018-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: dna-testing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-bargaining post-conviction post-conviction-review wrongful-conviction
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER, AS HERE, TENNESSEE'S REFUSAL TO EXTEND DNA POSTCONVICTION PROTECTIONS TO THOSE WHO PLED GUILTY VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW AS PROVIDED UNDER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Tennessee's refusal to extend DNA post-conviction protections to those who pled guilty violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-21
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
2018-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2018)

Attorneys

Tennessee
Nicholas White SpanglerOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Tracy Lebron Vick
Tracy Lebron Vick — Petitioner