No. 20-6914

Ryan Clark Petersen v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2021-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: buchanan-v-kentucky capital-trial criminal-procedure due-process estelle-v-smith expert-testimony fifth-amendment mental-health-evaluation psychological-evaluation self-incrimination
Latest Conference: 2021-04-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Where a court-appointed mental health expert assures a criminal defendant that the evidence gathered in his psychological evaluation will not be used against him as evidence of guilt at his capital trial, does the State's subsequent introduction of that evidence against him exceed the scope permitted by the Fifth Amendment as set forth in Estelle and its progeny?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where a court-appointed mental health expert assures a criminal defendant that the evidence gathered in his psychological evaluation will not be used against him as evidence of guilt at his capital trial, does the State's subsequent introduction of that evidence against him exceed the scope permitted by the Fifth Amendment as set forth in Estelle and its progeny?

Docket Entries

2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-03-29
Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
2021-01-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 29, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
2021-01-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 25, 2021 to March 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-01-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Alabama
Audrey JordanAlabama Attorney General, Respondent