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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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
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)