No. 21-5803
Joseph Wayne Attaway, II v. United States
Tags: anti-gang due-process fair-trial inflammatory-inference law-enforcement prejudice street-gangs witness-testimony
Latest Conference:
2021-11-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Petitioner was denied his due process right to a fair trial when the background testimony of multiple law enforcement witnesses about their anti-gang designations and assignments created the clear and inflammatory inference that the instant case was related to street gangs?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Petitioner was denied his due process right to a fair trial
Docket Entries
2021-11-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
2021-10-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2021)
Attorneys
Joseph Attaway
Gary Paul Burcham — Burcham & Zugman, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent