No. 19-8824

Keith Newton v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2020-06-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process effective-counsel evidence jury-instructions statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Alabama courts have violated the constitutional rights of a defendant by denying effective counsel, allowing the prosecution to define the meaning of a statute, and permitting the state to decide what evidence the jury can consider

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-13
Waiver of right of respondent State of Alabama to respond filed.
2020-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Keith Newton
Keith Newton — Petitioner
State of Alabama
Stephen Norwood DoddAttorney General's Office, Respondent