No. 18-6555

Lester Barnett v. City of Gastonia, North Carolina

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal constitutional-violation due-process judicial-proceedings record record-preservation
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

the Judinal proceedi Ng in violation of Due Process of
14 ThAmendment ot the United StAtes
IAW of the5Th 6 Th
And
CoNstitutioN.

WAs it uNcoNstitutioNAl Not to hAve A rocord where
Petitiover could preserve his right to Appenl in violation
OF UNited STAtes CoNstitutioNAl AmendmeNt 5,6, 14; N.C.
CONsTITuTION ArTiCLE I, SECTION.18, 19, 21,23.

WAs it uNcoNstitutional for them to impose A Life
Sentence for Attempt robbery, ANd Safecracking oN
A youthtal offender who was eighteen years old.

WAs it uNcoNstitutionAl for them to convict petitioner
for A safeeracking that happen while petitiover was
coNfine to mecklenburg county JAil oN the day the offense
Occunded November 17, 1980. IN violatioN of Due Process of
lAW of the 5, 6,14. Amendment of the United States Constitution

WAs it uNCONStitutiONAl for th City ot GAstONiA Not to
disclose evidewce favorable to him in violation Uwited
StAtes CONstitutioNAL Amentment 5,6, 14, AlSO N.C. CoNsTitut.
Ant I,Section 18,19,23,

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was it unconstitutional to not preserve the record of the judicial proceedings in violation of due process of law of the 5th and 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-09-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2018)

Attorneys

Lester Barnett
Lester Barnett — Petitioner