Charles Edward Luckett v. Robert Neuschmid, Warden
Whether the Ninth Circuit applied this Court's precedents in Bradshaw v. State and Barclay v. Marchand to exclude a defendant's custodial interrogation statements—Atwater v. City of Lago Vista—and whether the exclusion of a defendant's custodial interrogation statements places an unreasonable burden of proof on the prosecution regarding exclusion evidence and witness impeachment.
Whether the Ninth Circuit's application to the Fifth and Sixth Amendments seems a reasonable application of clearly established law—Atwater v. City of Lago Vista—and whether the prosecution's burden of proof regarding exclusion evidence and witness impeachment violates the Fifth Amendment's protections.
Whether the exclusion of evidence related to Luckett's brother's detention inside the crime scene perimeter violated Luckett's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to present a complete defense,