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