No. 20-8428

Joseph George v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does false evidence and expert witness perjured testimony the alleged victim suffered a fracture of the zygomatic buttress qualify for the Schlup doctrine?

Can a reasonable jurist find it debatable that petitioner stated a constitutional claim by the prosecution using perjured testimony and false evidence at trial?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the evidence and expert testimony presented at trial was sufficient to satisfy the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-03-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Joseph George
Joseph George — Petitioner