No. 20-7840
IFP
Tags: capital-case constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment expert-testimony fair-trial reliable-conviction reliable-sentence
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
In a capital case, does the admission of expert testimony from a witness regarding a subject outside his area of expertise violate a defendant's Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process, a fair trial, and a reliable conviction and sentence?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
In a capital case, does the admission of expert testimony from a witness regarding a subject outside his area of expertise violate a defendant's Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process, a fair trial, and a reliable conviction and sentence?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-23
Brief of respondent State of Alabama in opposition filed.
2021-05-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 25, 2021.
2021-05-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 26, 2021 to June 25, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-04-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 26, 2021)
Attorneys
State of Alabama
Audrey Jordan — Alabama Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas Lane
John William Dalton — The Equal Justice Initiative, Petitioner