No. 20-1798
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-claims due-process evidentiary-hearing findings-of-fact habeas-corpus procedural-due-process state-court-proceeding witness-credibility
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does it violate procedural due process for an appellate court, in denying relief on federal constitutional claims in a state habeas corpus proceeding, to reject without explanation a trial court's favorable, dispositive findings of fact that were based on witness credibility determinations following an evidentiary hearing?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the appellate court's rejection without explanation of a trial court's favorable, dispositive findings of fact based on witness credibility determinations violate procedural due process?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)
Attorneys
Sylvanus Rene
Randolph L. Schaffer Jr. — Randy Schaffer P.C., Petitioner