No. 22-6159

Jeffrey Morris v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-11-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing post-conviction recantation witness-testimony
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the State of Florida violate a defendant's due process and/or constitutional right to present a defense in conviction challenges and entitlement to an evidentiary hearing?

Does the State of Florida violate a defendant's right to present defense at a trial in an irreparably biased determination. Is it due process and/or constitutional right to present witnesses in a conviction proceeding such that a court would have produced, advocating of, or setting aside of his conviction, and where produced, an equal?

Does a state court and/or a federal court violate a defendant's (petitioner's) due process in the form of recantation and language referencing actual innocence?

Does the State of Florida violate a defendant's due process and/or constitutional right when they deny relief of a claim establishing that the defendant was deprived of his constitutional right to participate in the preparation and presentation of his own defense, which includes reviewing the remaining prosecution's case discovery material?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the State of Florida violate a defendant's due process and/or constitutional rights in post-conviction proceedings for full development, presentation, and entitlement to relief for constitutional challenges and claims of actual innocence?

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2022-10-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 29, 2022)
2022-10-07
Application (22A209) denied by Justice Thomas.
2022-09-27
Application (22A209) to extend further the time from October 12, 2022 to November 11, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2022-09-09
Application (22A209) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 12, 2022.
2022-08-30
Application (22A209) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 12, 2022 to November 11, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Jeffrey T. Morris
Jeffrey T. Morris — Petitioner