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Kirk Cottom v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-3092, 18-3093 · judgment February 1, 2019
Questions presented
l) Is it a due process violation for the government to obtain an indictment based on perjured testimony about fabricated, an.d falsified computer logs?
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Is it a Brady violation for the government to fabricate and ’ falsify computer logs, then disguise them as "Expert Summary Evidence" for trial?
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Per this Court’s decision in HINTON v. ALABAMA (2014), is it ineffective assistance of counsel to employ incompetent experts over the defendant’s numerous objections?
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Is it ineffective assistance of counsel to not move to exclude material evidence that is inadmissible per FED. R. EVID 803(6) and 803(8)?
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Is it ineffective assistance of counsel to trick a defendant • into taking an invalid conditional plea, after being ordered by the defendant to prepare for trial? • s ' ~V / /
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kirk Cottom
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jun 24 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jun 17 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- May 15 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 12, 2021)