No. 18-7373
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence counsel-appointment dna-testing due-process habeas-corpus liberty-interest postconviction-proceedings postconviction-relief
Latest Conference:
2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the State's substantive procedures for obtaining appointment of counsel and DNA testing in postconviction proceedings create a protected due process liberty interest in obtaining DNA evidence establishing actual innocence for use in habeas corpus proceedings.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the State's substantive procedures for obtaining appointment of counsel and DNA testing in postconviction proceedings create a protected due process liberty interest in obtaining DNA evidence establishing actual innocence for use in habeas corpus proceedings
Docket Entries
2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-01-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2019)
Attorneys
Warren R. Patton
Warren R. Patton Jr. — Petitioner