No. 24-200

Hamett Diaz v. Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: criminal-conviction due-process hearsay-testimony ineffective-assistance trial-counsel witness-testimony
Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Third Circuit erred in failing to find that trial counsel provided the ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to object to the admission of extremely incriminating and otherwise inadmissible hearsay testimony of multiple witnesses who testified that Petitioner Hamett Diaz's stepdaughter, K.C., confirmed that Diaz raped the complainant and encouraged the complainant to call for help, given that K.C. did not testify at trial?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Third Circuit erred in failing to find that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by not objecting to inadmissible hearsay testimony about the stepdaughter's alleged confirmation of rape

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 23, 2024)

Attorneys

Hamett Diaz
Zak Taylor GoldsteinGoldstein Mehta LLC, Petitioner