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Gregory Livingston v. Tennessee

IFP petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, Western Division, No. W2024-01087-CCA-R3-CD · judgment July 29, 2025


Certiorari denied · April 20, 2026

Question presented

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?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Barry William Kuhn
Shelby County Public Defender's Office

For respondent
Ronald Lacey Coleman
Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
  3. Mar 18 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
  4. Feb 23 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2026)