No. 23-6522

Autley I. Salahuddin, II v. Scott Wilkes, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence direct-appeal exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus habeas-petition jury-review miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence prerequisites scientific-evidence
Latest Conference: 2024-03-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the filing of a direct appeal is a prerequisite to the filing of a habeas petition?

Whether exculpatory scientific evidence, that was excluded for review by jurors, may serve as new evidence to satisfy the threshold showing of actual innocence?

Whether the circuit court subjected Petitioner to a fundamental miscarriage of justice by affirming the district court's ruling void an understanding of what constitutes "new evidence"?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the filing of a direct appeal is a prerequisite to the filing of a habeas petition?

Docket Entries

2024-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
2024-01-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 21, 2024)

Attorneys

Autley Salahuddin
Autley I. Salahuddin II — Petitioner