No. 22-5966

Malachi Henessey Rodriguez v. Minnesota

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2022-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof character-evidence civil-rights coercion consent constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission reasonable-doubt
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. The state failure to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner used coercion where there was no evidence that NC communicated lack of consent or that the petitioner did anything coercive. The due process clauses of the United States Constitutions require the state to "each element of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt.

2. The district court abuse its discretion by admitting NC"s out-of-court statements as prior consistent statements where the statements were not consistent with her trial testimony and the error substantially affected the verdict

3. The district court prejudicially err by admitting evidence of the petitioner's bad character relating to hiis.sd..C:a-i,Le;d anger issues, failed to show any evidence that the petitioner had arm anger issue that is against woman.prove the state

Question Presented (AI Summary)

The state failure to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner used coercion

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent State of Minnesota to respond filed.
2022-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2022)

Attorneys

Malachi Henessey Rodriguez
Malachi Henessey Rodriguez — Petitioner
State of Minnesota
Paul J. GundersonBrown County Attorney's Office, Respondent