No. 19-7270

Hazhar A. Sayed v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2020-01-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: dna-evidence due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-due-process sexual-assault
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provide Mr. Saved with a procedural due process to have exculpatory (DNA) evidence tested, so long as Mr. Saved meets the threshold for such testing, which Mr. Saved submits he did ?

2) Whether the Evidence was insufficient to convict Mr. Saved of sexual assault ?

3) Whether Mr. Saved received ineffective assistance of counsel when counsel failed to test the remaining sexual assault kit collected for (DNA) testing ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provide Mr. Sayed with a procedural due process to have exculpatory (DNA) evidence tested

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-16
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
2019-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Colorado
L. Andrew CooperOffice of the Colorado Attorney General, Respondent
Hazhar Sayed
Hazhar A. Sayed — Petitioner