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Rosemary L. Decosimo v. Tennessee
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Tennessee, Eastern Division, No. E2017-00696-SC-R11-CD · judgment August 23, 2018
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the right to a fair trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment and right to due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution were violated by Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-10-413(f)(2017) which awarded the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation $250 for every chemical test it conducted that led to a conviction? Whether there is a standard of impartiality required by the right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment and the right to due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution that is applicable to forensic scientists working for law enforcement agencies?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gerald Howard Summers
Summers, Rufolo, & Rodgers, P.C.
For respondent
Jonathan David Shaub
Office of the Tennessee Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 07 2019Petition DENIED.
- Dec 05 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
- Nov 26 2018Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
- Oct 29 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 30, 2018)