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Calvin Shaw v. United States
IFP petition · District of Columbia Court of Appeals, No. 23-CO-0332 · judgment September 26, 2024
Questions presented
I- DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT DID NOT FIND TRIAL COUNSELS REPRESENTATION OF MR. SHAW INEFFECTIVE BASED ON HIS FAILURE TO CALL ALIBI WITNESSESS ON MR. SHAW'S BEHALF? 2i- DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT DID NOT FIND TRIAL COUNSEL'S REPRESENTATION OF MR. SHAW INEFFECTIVE BASED ON HIS FAILURE TO IMPEACH ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT WITNESSES?
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DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN FINDING TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO CALL ALIBI WITNESSES OR IMPEACH GOVERNMENT WITNESSES PRUDENT TRIAL STRATEGY?
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PETITIONER REQUEST IN LIGHT OF SUPREME COURT RULING'S IN GLOSSIP V. OKLAHOMA AND ANDREW V. WHITE TO GVR AS THE LOWER COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY NOT EVEN ADDRESSING NAPUE V. ILLINOIS VIOLATION WHEN EVIDENCE STEMMED FROM PERJURED TESTIMONY.
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PETITIONER REQUEST IN LIGHT OF SUPREME COURT RULING'S IN GLOSSIP V. OKLAHOMA AND ANDREW V. WHITE TO GVR AS THE LOWER COURT OF APPEALS DID NOT ADDRESS TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE OR THE EXCEEDING IT'S AUTHORITY DOWN BELOW AT ALL THAT WAS ABUSE OF DISCRETION.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Calvin Shaw
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Dec 08 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 19 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 12 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 09 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)