No. 18-6497

Dexter Watson v. Raymond Byrd, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing factual-disputes intent reversible-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the pury reasonably, logically and legally infer from the evid1.
ence presented, that petitioner was guilty of violating the statue
beyond a reasonable doubt?

Did petitioner's
2.
gury instructions on the law of principals relieved
the State of its Fourteenth Amendment burden of proving petitioner's
specific. intent to kill?

Was petitioner afforded effective assistance of caunsel in
3.
every proceeding of the trial ? Had Counsel only thirteen (i3daysprior
ta trial

Was appellate counsel effective for not raising petitiner's Faurth
4.
Amendment claim an direct appeal?

Did the courts below commit reversible err denying petitioner's 2254
disputes?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the court reasonably infer petitioner's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-01
Waiver of right of respondent Byrd, Warden to respond filed.
2018-10-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2018)

Attorneys

Byrd, Warden
Jerrolyn Martin OwensMississippi Attorney General's, Respondent
Dexter Watson
Dexter Watson — Petitioner