No. 18-6362

Edwin Darrell Lett v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2018-10-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights continuance counsel criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-counsel sixth-amendment state-procedure trial
Latest Conference: 2018-11-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS AND JUDGMENTS ARE FINAL UNDER 28 U.S.C. SECTION 1257.

WHETHER CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OF THE INDICTMENT VIOLATED PETITIONER'S FIFTH AND SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO NOTICE AND DUE PROCESS.

WHETHER THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT HAS REGULARLY AND STRICTLY CONSTRUED AND APPLIED A PROCEDURAL BAR TO A CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT CLAIM.

WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL WHEN THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO PROPERLY INSTRUCT THE JURY.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial was violated when the Mississippi Supreme Court failed to properly review the trial court's denial of the petitioner's request for a continuance to obtain counsel

Docket Entries

2018-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-10-18
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2018-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2018)

Attorneys

Edwin Lett
Edwin Darrell Lett — Petitioner
Mississippi
Katy Taylor GerberOffice of the Attorney General State of Mississippi, Respondent