No. 19-7571
Richard Williams v. Tony Mays, Warden
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process evidence murder murder-investigation presumption statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption venue
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2020-03-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether, as applied to the facts of this case, the statutory presumption if a body of a murder victim found within the state, the death is presumed to have occued within the state comport with the constitutional standard articulated in COUNTY COURT OF ULSTER COUNTY, N.Y. v. ALLEN, 442 U.S.140, 99 S. Ct. 2213, 60 L.ED. 2d 777 (2013)?
Whether the application of said statutory presumption to the fact of Appellent's case comport with the artculated in LEARY V. United States, 395 U.S.6, 89 Ct .1532, 23 L.Ed .2d 57 (1969)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the statutory presumption comports with the constitutional standard
Docket Entries
2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-24
Waiver of right of respondent Tony Mays, Warden to respond filed.
2020-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 6, 2020)
Attorneys
Richard Williams
Richard L. Williams — Petitioner
Tony Mays, Warden
Benjamin Anthony Ball — Office of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent