No. 19-8025

Kwasi McKinney v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2020-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression harmless-error involuntary-statement miranda-rights search-and-seizure search-warrant
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Arkansas Court of Appeals erred in finding that the admission of an allegedly involuntary statement was harmless error

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-16
Waiver of right of respondent Arkansas to respond filed.
2020-01-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 17, 2020)

Attorneys

Arkansas
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Kwasi McKinney
Kwasi Andrade McKinney — Petitioner