No. 21-7263

Michael Halford v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2022-03-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment self-incrimination spousal-privilege
Latest Conference: 2022-04-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the denial of Petitioner's Spousal Privilege to exclude testimony at trial violated his rights against self-incrimination, due process, equal protection, and a fair trial under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the denial of Petitioner's Spousal Privilege to exclude testimony at trial violated his rights against self-incrimination, due process, equal protection, and a fair trial under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?

Docket Entries

2022-04-25
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
2022-04-04
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2022-01-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 4, 2022)

Attorneys

Louisiana
Shae Gary McPhee Jr.Louisiana Department of Justice, Respondent
Michael Halford
Michael Halford — Petitioner