No. 18-5339

Tyron James v. Paul Snyder, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining retroactive-application sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Strickland doctrine, as applied by the Tenth Circuit, requires retroactive application to convictions that became final before Strickland was decided.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in determining that petitioner was not denied effective assistance of counsel under Strickland.

Whether the Strickland standard for ineffective assistance of counsel should be applied retroactively to set aside the conviction in this case.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the conviction and not applying the Santobello decision on counsel's performance retroactively to set aside the conviction

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-31
Waiver of right of respondents Paul Snyder, et al. to respond filed.
2018-05-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 24, 2018)

Attorneys

Paul Snyder, et al.
Toby CrouseOffice of Attorney General Derek Schmidt, Respondent
Tyron James
Tyron James — Petitioner