Antonio Jones v. Frank Vanihel, Warden
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy
Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, as constructed in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), Dutton v. Evans, 400 U.S. 74 (1970) and Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 (1968), were violated when the jury were invited to infer Jones ' guilt and participation in the crime from the testimony by Detective, Michael J. Jackson and C.I., Jeffery L. Lewis; regarding statements made by James W. Parks wherein: Jones did not have an opportunity to cross-examine and confront James W. Parks, the course of Police Investigation was not at issue during Jones 's second trial; and the testimony by both Lewis and Detective Jackson were used to bolstered the credibility of Lenzo Aaron, a witness whose testimony was deemed by the 7th Circuit in Jones v. Basinger, 635 F. 3d. at 1054 to be: "inherently unbelievable " and the only allege witness to the crime? Moreover, the error was not harmless.
Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, as constructed in Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973), Californiav. Trombetta, 467 U.S. 489 (1984), and Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 56,124 S. Ct. 1354, 158 L. Ed. 2d 177 (2004), were violated when the trial court committed error in restricting Jones from cross-examining Aaron as to retaliation, revenge and bias against Jones as a confrontation violation, a restriction on his right to present a complete defense ' and due process violation?
Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated