No. 24-5982
Benigno Perez-Aguilar v. Jeff Howard, Warden
IFP
Tags: expert-testimony hearsay ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion witness-bolstering
Latest Conference:
2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
Expert testimony from Thomas Cottrell did nothing more than bolster
Clarisse and Genesis. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in letting Dr.
Cottrell testify?
Trial counsel's errors permitted the state to bolster its case with
inadmissible hearsay and improper character evidence. Did trial counsel violate
Benigno's Sixth Amendment right to counsel?
Did plain error occurr when the state elicited inadmissible hearsay
from three witnesses?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the trial court abuse its discretion in admitting expert testimony that allegedly bolstered witness testimony, and did trial counsel's errors violate the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel?
Docket Entries
2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-10-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2024)
Attorneys
Benigno Perez-Aguilar
Benigno Perez-Aguilar — Petitioner