No. 18-5556

Joseph D. Barnes v. Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bad-acts bad-acts-evidence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel other-crimes-evidence quadruple-offender speedy-trial state-court-discretion statute-of-limitations
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether reasonable jurists would have found that the district court denied Mr. Barnes a fair trial when It allowed other crimes evidence and/or bad acts to be introduced during the trial.

2.. Whether reasonable jurists would have found that the courts abused their discretion in denying relief where Mr. Barnes proved that his trial counsel was ineffective for failure to ifie a Motion to Quash due to the State's untimeliness in commencement of trial.

Whether reasonable jurists would find that the state courts failed to acknowledge that the State knew of Mr. Barnes' whereabouts and failed to serve a subpoena ordering him to appear in court.

Whether reasonable jurists would find that the State's failure to secure the presence of Mr. Barnes for court appearances did not interrupt the time limitations of La.C.Cr.P. Art. 578.

Whether reasonable jurists would find that the State of Louisiana failed to prove that Mr. Barnes was a quadruple offender since there were no fingerprints on one of the convictions and the State had produced an "imperfect" guilty plea colloquy on one of the predicates.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether reasonable jurists would have found that the district court denied Mr. Barnes a fair trial when it allowed other crimes evidence and/or bad acts to be introduced during the trial

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-30
Waiver of right of respondent Landry, Att'y Gen. of LA to respond filed.
2018-04-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 12, 2018)

Attorneys

Joseph D. Barnes
Joseph Barnes — Petitioner
Landry, Att'y Gen. of LA
Terry M. BoudreauxDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent