Kenneth G. Middleton v. Ronda Pash, Superintendent, Crossroads Correctional Center
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
1. Whether the continued incarceration of a state prisoner who has presented a truly persuasive case of actual innocence violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
2. Whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that state prisoners be afforded a full and fair corrective process in state court to adjudicate claims of actual innocence and other federal constitutional claims.
3. Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require state courts to guarantee that prisoners receive effective assistance of counsel during initial post conviction proceedings in states where that is the first forum in which a prisoner may raise a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
Whether the continued incarceration of a state prisoner who has presented a truly persuasive case of actual innocence violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments