No. 20-5920

Richard Cortez v. Iowa

Lower Court: Iowa
Docketed: 2020-10-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure disclosure due-process sixth-amendment witness-testimony
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a defendant's due process rights are violated when the State's eyewitness primary to the offense testifies under a false name a disclosure to the defense was not until shortly after trial.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated when the State's primary eyewitness to the exchange testified under a false name, which was not disclosed to the defense prior to trial

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2020)

Attorneys

Richard Cortez
Richard Cortez — Petitioner