No. 25-6930

Gregory Livingston v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2026-03-02
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: autopsy-evidence confrontation-clause criminal-procedure expert-testimony hearsay sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the defendant was deprived of his Sixth Amendment Right to Confrontation at the trial of his case when the trial court allowed the state to present evidence of the manner and cause of death in this murder case by a doctor who did not perform the autopsy, when the evidence presented through the autopsy was developed by an out-of-court doctor who did not testify?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation when the trial court allowed the state to present autopsy evidence through a testifying doctor who did not perform the autopsy, rather than the out-of-court doctor who actually developed the evidence

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2026)

Attorneys

Gregory Livingston
Barry William KuhnShelby County Public Defender's Office, Petitioner