No. 20-6036

Torrey Washington v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

evidence never prove goilt Beyond a Reasonable doubt?

Atornery when She vouched that her experts Was telling the troth and did this deny the Petihoer his 6th Amendment Right?

Jas the Warrant defective because an arrest must bemade on firmer ground thar mere Suspicion?

Did the Prosecting Attomey prove Elements beyond a Reasonable doubt?

I Did the Circomstantal evidence cover the burden of Proof?

Did the Victi Samantha Pace Commit Perjury when She Changed her testimany from the Mistral and polee report, that was not the same as the testmony she gave Inthe trial when the Retitiner was Found gulty?

Was it Misconduct on the Probecuting Attorney's part when she knew that the hEtim Changed her testimony just to convict the Pettioner?

Was the Petitoner deprived of Due Process of Law Since the Petitoner was not provided a hiring to defend Himself pror to being onconsttutionly accused of a Crime Sinee he was never Identified and no procedures were taking Lolated because there was no probable Causeir?

Was the Petitiorer's 6th Amendment Violated When one of th juror Knew we Victim Samantha Pace and only letit be Known Once the jory was Selected because stanying to the Jory even though the juror and the Victi knew each other?

hat could of explaimed the Pettloners where abouts at the time of the crime?

was the jory instructed properly on guilt beyond a reasonabhe doubt?

Was thejory's verdict rendered in the absence of proper instructins on rery element of the offense

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-10-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Torrey Washington
Torrey Washington — Petitioner