No. 21-5517

Lonzie Wayne McQuirter v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2021-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 44th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process evidence-preservation fair-trial fourteenth-amendment innocence miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2021-10-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHETHER PETITIONER'S CLAIMS SHOULD BE HEARD ON THE MERITS UNDER THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO AVOID A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE WHERE NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT PETITIONER IS INNOCENT OF THE CRIME?

II. WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW AND A FAIR TRIAL WHERE THE PROSECUTOR KNOWINGLY USED FALSE EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN A TAINTED CONVICTION AND FAILED TO CORRECT FALSE TESTIMONY?

III. WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW AND A FAIR TRIAL WHERE THE PROSECUTION DESTROYED EXCULPATORY/IMPEACHING EVIDENCE IN BAD FAITH?

IV. WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF CONFRONTATION AS ENVISIONED BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WAS DENIED?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-petitioner's-claims-should-be-heard-on-the-merits

Docket Entries

2021-11-01
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2021-10-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-08-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2021)

Attorneys

Lonzie W. McQuirter
Lonzie Wayne McQuirter — Petitioner