No. 18-7099

Richard Allen Ratushny v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: Brady-v-Maryland brady-violation conflict-of-interest crimen-falsi due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment welfare-fraud
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-02-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

WAS THE PETITIONER DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL WHERE DEFENSE COUNSEL THAT REPRESENTED PETITIONER SIMULTANEOUSLY AND A POTENTIAL DEFENSE WITNESS-IN PETITIONERS CASE-RESULTED IN AN ACTUAL/OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST ?

DID THE PROSECUTOR VIOLATE PETITIONER'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS AND COMMIT A BRADY V. MARYLAND VIOLATION BY FAILING TO DISCLOSE EVIDENCE THAT THE VICTIM'S MOTHER, WHO WAS BOTH A PROSECUTION STAR WITNESS AND THE INITIAL COMPLAINANT, HAD RECENTLY BEEN CONVICTED OF WELFARE FRAUD, A CRIMEN FALSI ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel?

Docket Entries

2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2018-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2019)

Attorneys

Richard Allen Ratushny
Richard Allen Ratushny — Petitioner