No. 22-7343

William Levi Oliver v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2023-04-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony ineffective-assistance trauma-narrative videoconference-testimony witness
Latest Conference: 2023-06-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

1 (a) Whether it is a violation of the Confrontation Clause to dispense with physical/ face-to-face confrontation and permit out-of-state testimony via videoconference upon the mere inconvenience to a witness required to travel to appear in court?

1 (b) and, if so, whether it is ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to object under the Confrontation Clause to such out-of-state testimony via videoconference?

Whether it is ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to object to testimony concerning the truthfulness of the complainant when witness testified that he believed the complainant's allegations because "she's never lied to me before"?

Whether it is ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to object to the expert testimony that implicitly bolstered the truthfulness of complainant's allegations via her "trauma-narrative" and diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Confrontation Clause permits out-of-state testimony via videoconference

Docket Entries

2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-04-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 22, 2023)

Attorneys

William Oliver
William Oliver — Petitioner