No. 21-7533

Ion Stanciu v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-04-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance medical-evidence state-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-06-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHEN A STATE TOGETHER WITH STATE'S EXPERT WITNESS CHANGE THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE INTO A NEW COMPLETE DIFFERENT VERSION, TO LINK THE ACCUSED TO THE CRIME, IS IT CONSIDERED AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL DENIAL OF DUE PROCESS UNDER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT ?

2. WHEN DEFENSE COUNSEL FAILED TO:
- PRESENT EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE;
- TO CROSS-EXAMINE AND CONFRONT THE STATE'S WITNESSES;
- TO OBJECT OR CORRECT FALSE AND MISLEADING INFORMATION;
- TO PRESENT A COMPLETE DEFENSE;
- TO USE EFFICIENTLY HER EXPERT FOR DEFENSE;
- TO INVESTIGATE THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE;
CAN ATRIBUTE THAT COUNSEL RENDERED ADEQUATE ASSISTANCE ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a state together with state's expert witness change the original version of medical evidence into a new complete different version, to link the accused to the crime, is it considered an unconstitutional denial of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2022-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
2022-03-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 5, 2022)

Attorneys

Stanciu Ion
Stanciu Ion — Petitioner