No. 18-5031

Jabbar Wallace v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-06-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel murder-conviction self-defense self-defense-right sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

THE PETITIONER IN THIS CASE ACTED IN SELF, DEFENSE WHEN ATTACKED BY THE DECEDENT AND HIS FRIENDS WHILE IN THE RESTROOM. THE PETITIONER WAS IN DANGER OF HIS LIFE AND/OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. NONETHELESS THE PETITIONER WAS SENTENCED FOR MURDER.

THE PETITIONER WAS DENIED CONFRONTATION CLAUSE RIGHT PROTECTION.

COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE AT TRIAL.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's conviction for third-degree murder should be overturned due to self-defense, violation of the Confrontation Clause, and ineffective assistance of counsel

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-30
Waiver of right of respondents Kauffman, Supt., Huntingdon, et al. to respond filed.
2018-06-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 30, 2018)

Attorneys

Jabbar Wallace
Jabbar Wallace — Petitioner
Kauffman, Supt., Huntingdon, et al.
James L. McMonagle Jr.Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, Respondent