No. 18-6513

Byron Christopher Chinchilla v. Greg Lewis, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment attempted-murder criminal-gang due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intellectual-disability mental-health sentencing sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of habeas relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when trial counsel failed to investigate and present evidence of the petitioner's intellectual disability and mental health issues at sentencing

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-10-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 30, 2018)

Attorneys

Byron Christopher Chinchilla
Stephanie Adraktas — Petitioner