No. 21-5198

Dustin Trevino Lawrence v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2021-07-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-judge judicial-bias manifest-weight manifest-weight-of-evidence proportionate-sentencing reasonable-doubt sentencing
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. When a judge openly admits bias against an appellant in which he was not only the trial judge but also the sentencing, shouldn't the remedy afforded to the appellant be a new trial in front of a fair and impartial judge. That the appellants right to the due process of law may not be violated?

2. When an appellant's conviction was against the manifest weight of the evidence and was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt, shouldn't the conviction be overturned?

3. If an appellant proved to his sentencing court that the Presentencing Investigation provided before sentencing was incorrect and the appellant's past criminal history was nearly non-existent, shouldn't the courts sentencing be proportionate when considering consecutive sentences?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Appellant's right to due process of law

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Dustin Lawrence
Dustin Trevino Lawrence — Petitioner