No. 21-5825
Raqib Abdul Al-Amin v. South Carolina
IFP
Tags: compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment evidence expert-witness mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference:
2021-12-03
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court error to akfirm the trial Coust's suling where the trial Court was convinced by the Sthte's 'thired-party guilt theory that al Aimin wes guilty: deried and diminith al- Amin's attenpt to prove his innocence, a constitutional right to present a complete dekense grounded in Due Process, Confrontation; and Compulsory Process.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court erred in concluding that the trial court's decision to exclude the testimony of the defendant's expert witness violated the defendant's constitutional rights under the Due Process Clause and the Compulsory Process Clause
Docket Entries
2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-09-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 29, 2021)
Attorneys
Raqib Abdul Al-Amin
Raqib A. Al-Amin — Petitioner