No. 19-6171
Jorge Sanchez-Rodriguez v. Louisiana
IFP
Tags: appeal appellate-review child-interview criminal-procedure due-process evidence insufficient-evidence judicial-error standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-court-error witness-testimony
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. DID THE STATE APPELLATE COURT AND THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT
ERR IN DENYING PETITIONER 'S APPEAL BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE
PRESENTED AT TRIAL WAS INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT HIS CONVICTION?
2. DID THE TRIAL COURT ERR BY ADMITTING THE TESTIMONY OF NURSE ANN
TROY, WHO IMPROPERLY INTERVIEWED A SPANISH-SPEAKING CHILD,
WITHOUT ENSURING SHE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE CHILD 'S ANSWERS,
AND INSTEAD MANIPULATED THE UNINTELLIGIBLE INTERVIEW THROUGH
THE USE OF LEADING QUESTIONS AND TAILORED THE CHILD 'S ANSWERS
TO HER OWN OPINION?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the state appellate court and the Louisiana Supreme Court err in denying petitioner's appeal because the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction?
Docket Entries
2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-08-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2019)
Attorneys
Jorge Sanchez-Rodriguez
Jorge Sanchez-Rodriguez — Petitioner