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Kyrell R. Alonzo v. Russ Rurka, Acting Warden

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-1996 · judgment April 2, 2026


Pending

Question presented

(I) WHETHER OR NOT PETITIONER IS ENTITLED TO A NEW TRIAL WHERE HIS TRIAL ATTORNEY WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY DEFECTIVE BY FAILING TO FULLY INVESTIGATE THE CASE AND ASSERT A VALID DEFENSE TO THE CHARGE OF MURDER WHERE EVIDENCE IN HIS POSSESSION SUPPORTED A VALID DEFENSE OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE. US CONST. AMENDS. VI AND XIV? (ID IS PETITIONER ENTITLED TO RELIEF SUCH AS A NEW TRIAL WHERE THE PROSECUTION ALLOWED FALSE EVIDENCE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE TRIAL BY HER WITNESS POLICE SGT. STEVEN FORD'S CREATION OF A CD VIDEO WHICH DELETED SCENES OF EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE AND ONLY INCLUDED SCENES INCULPATING PETITIONER IN VIOLATION OF HIS RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS. US CONST. AMEND. XIV? dll) WAS PETITIONER DEPRIVED OF HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL DURING THE DIRECT APPEAL WHERE APPELLATE COUNSEL FAILED TO PRESENT THE CLAIMS ASSERTED ON APPEAL MANDATING RELIEF. US CONST. AMENDS. VI AND XIV? (IV) WAS PETITIONER DENIED HIS RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL WHERE THE PROSECUTOR PERPETRATED A FRAUD UPON THE COURT BY MISLEADING THE JURY WITH ALTERED VIDEO RECORDINGS FROM THE CRIME SCENE THAT DELETED EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE AND DEPRIVING PETITIONER OF HIS RIGHT TO A FUNDAMENTAL FAIR TRIAL AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW? (V) IS PETITIONER ENTITLED TO A NEW TRIAL WHERE HE WAS DENIED A PROPERLY INSTRUCTED JURY WHEN THE TRIAL JUDGE INSTRUCTED THE JURORS ON THE FAULTY JURY VERDICT FORM PROVIDED BY THE COURT REQUIRING REVERSAL. US CONST. AMEND. XIV?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kyrell R. Alonzo

For respondent
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Sep 03 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Aug 27 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Russ Rurka, Acting Warden to respond filed.
  3. May 11 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 11, 2026)