No. 18-9774
Hsiu Ying Lisa Tseng v. California
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process estelle-v-mcguire evidence federal-due-process fourteenth-amendment prior-act-evidence propensity-evidence state-trial
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether this Court should finally decide that the admission of
irrelevant prior act evidence in a state trial that amounts to nothing more
than propensity evidence violates Fourteenth Amendment due process, a
question left open by Estelle v. McGuire , 502 U.S. 62, 70 (1991)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the admission of irrelevant prior act evidence in a state trial that amounts to propensity evidence violates Fourteenth Amendment due process
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-26
Waiver of right of respondent State of California to respond filed.
2019-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2019)
Attorneys
Hsiu Ying Tseng
Verna Jean Wefald — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
State of California
Lance E. Winters — California Attorney General's Office, Respondent