No. 18-7780

Joseph Lemoine v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof burden-of-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt constitutional-rights daubert-standard due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel essential-elements-of-offense expert-witness fourteenth-amendment reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference: 2019-03-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether reasonable jurists could argue that the State failed to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, every essential element of the offense charged;

Whether reasonable jurists would find that Mr. Lemoine was denied effective assistance of counsel, in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution;

Whether reasonable jurists would debate that Mr. Lemoine was denied a fair and impartial trial with the submission of testimony from an "Expert" witness which failed to meet the Daubert standard, in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution;

Whether reasonable jurists would find that the State improperly introduced the testimony of unsubstantiated, unfounded "expert" witnesses in order to overcome the factual insufficient evidence.

Whether reasonable jurists would find that Mr. Lemoine was denied a fair and impartial trial with the State's improper use of his statements which were made while intoxicated and could not be considered to be voluntary or knowing; Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; Beecher v. Alabama.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether reasonable jurists could argue that the State failed to meet its burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt

Docket Entries

2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-02-28
Waiver of right of respondent Darrel Vannoy to respond filed.
2019-01-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Darrel Vannoy
Matthew CaplanDistrict Attorney, 22nd Judicial, State of Louisiana, Respondent
Joseph Lemoine
Joseph Lemoine — Petitioner