No. 18-6703

David Richard Trimble v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aggravated-rape Confrontation-Clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment Statute-of-limitations sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether the evidence was insufficient to find David Trimble guilty of four counts of Aggravated Rape beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia; Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether the time limit for prosecution had lapsed Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

Whether reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether the trial court erred when it refused to allow defense counsel to adequately cross-examine State's witness, in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Reasonable jurists would find it debatable that Mr. Trimble was denied the effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether Mr. Trimble was prejudiced by both trial and appellate counsel's failure to argue that LSA-C.E. Article 412.2 was unconstitutionally misused at trial, in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the evidence was insufficient to find David Trimble guilty of four counts of Aggravated Rape beyond a reasonable doubt

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-28
Waiver of right of respondent Vannoy, Warden to respond filed.
2018-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2018)

Attorneys

David Richard Trimble
David Richard Trimble — Petitioner
Vannoy, Warden
Wallace Claire Howington — Respondent