No. 24-5509

James Rashad Clay v. Roy Odum, Warden

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: chain-of-custody constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-evidence witness-testimony
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities
Latest Conference: 2024-10-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Who was the November 11, 2013 gunshot residue report under Division of Forensic Sciences Case# 2013-10 4511 by Georgia Bureau of Investigation examiner prepared for and why was it not produced during discovery?

2. In relation to Det. Robinson's trial testimony obtaining five rounds from his duty magazine handgun and placing them into the daily physical evidence during the Chain of Custody?

3. Why petitioner was denied right to effective assistance of counsel after discovery of pre-trial letter displaying violation of attorney-client privilege convictions insisted by trial prosecutor?

4. Upon inconsistent trial testimony of state witnesses should have the court been held in contempt due to perjury?

5. Do the criminal charges brought against former trial Judge Schrader and Ed Kramer in a 2013 audit with the subsequent sealing of the two cases on 10/10/13 File date 1/3/13 2006 which hasn't ever been unsealed?

6. Why certified court reporters Becky Pearrow and Kristy Steffey omit state witness Det. Robinson's Motion to Revoke Bond hearing testimony confirming negative ballistics test results along with trial testimony admitting to having "spare bullets in a precinct locker box from petitioner's court transport" (Clarification of court documents)

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the November hair/shotgun residue report under Division of Forensic Sciences Case was properly handled and admitted as evidence

Docket Entries

2024-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
2024-09-30
Waiver of right of respondent Odum, Warden to respond filed.
2024-05-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 10, 2024)
2024-04-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 10, 2024)

Attorneys

James R. Clay
James Rashad Clay — Petitioner
Odum, Warden
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Respondent