No. 19-5802
Travis Wade Matthews v. Pennsylvania
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process identification jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia mccoy-v-louisiana victim-identification witness-identification
Key Terms:
Privacy
Privacy
Latest Conference:
2019-10-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. In a case where the identity of the person who brandished a gun is central to the case, is the choice of whether to ask for DNA testing of the gun, one of the choices reserved to the Appellant under McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct. 1500 (2018)
II. Where the victim of a robbery identified the perpetrators of the robbery as two black men and Petitioner is a Caucasian who was never identified by the victim as the perpetrator, has the Petitioner stated a claim under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
whether-dna-testing-is-client-choice
Docket Entries
2019-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2019-08-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2019)
2019-06-18
Application (18A1329) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 29, 2019.
2019-06-11
Application (18A1329) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 30, 2019 to August 29, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Pennsylvania
Travis Matthews
Travis Wade Matthews — Petitioner