No. 19-5769

Daniel J. Whitt v. Michele Buckner, Warden

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof due-process expert-testimony eyewitness-identification ineffective-assistance-of-counsel line-up-procedure lineup-procedures police-procedure trial-strategy
Latest Conference: 2019-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial attorney's pre-trial failure to secure an expert witness on eyewitness identification, which was the key piece of evidence that ultimately led the (uneducated) jury to find the petitioner guilty, violated the petitioner's due process rights

Docket Entries

2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-08-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 30, 2019)

Attorneys

Daniel J. Whitt
Daniel J. Whitt — Petitioner