No. 23-5278

Earl Monroe Belcher v. Brian Williams, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: chain-of-custody constitutional-rights district-court dna-evidence due-process federal-law habeas-corpus hearsay ineffective-assistance reasonable-doubt unreasonable-application
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the District Gourts' denial:of/appealability of COA was an unreasonable
application of clearly established federal law?

2. Whether the District Court erred in denying whether a reasonable jurist could
find this COA debatable amongst reasonable jurists; an unreasonable application
of clearly established Supreme Court law?

3. Whether the District Courts justice erred in denying whether or not to issue
a certificate of appealability; an unreasonable application of clearly established
Supreme Court law?

4. Whether the Court violated Petitioner's Constitutional Rights by allowing
the admission of DNA evidence without a proper chain of custody occurring;
was an unreasonable application of facts and law?

5. Whether, the Court erred by allowing contaminating evidence to be used; was
an unreasonably application of clearly established Supreme Court law?

6. Whether the Court erred by allowing the prosecutor to instruct jurors to not
hunt for Reasonable Doubt; an unreasonable application of clearly established
Federal Supreme Court law?

7. Whether the Court erred in allowing Hearsay Evidence to be entered, and whether
Defense Counsel rendered Ineffective Assistance by failing to object to such
evidence .

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court's decision was an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-07-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2023)

Attorneys

Earl Monroe Belcher
Earl Monroe Belcher — Petitioner