No. 18-7969

Willie Ed Smith v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2019-02-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-error
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER SMITH'S CONVICTION AND SENTENCE DERIVED FROM JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT?

PETITIONER ANSWERS - YES.

WHETHER SMITH'S CONVICTION AND SENTENCE DERIVED FROM PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT?

PETITIONER ANSWERS - YES.

WHETHER SMITH'S SENTENCE IS ILLEGALLY IMPOSED AS A MATTER OF LAW AND/OR IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE?

PETITIONER ANSWERS - YES.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Smith's conviction and sentence derived from judicial misconduct

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-01-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 18, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service

Attorneys

Mississippi
Katy Taylor Gerber — Office of the Attorney General State of Mississippi, Respondent
Willie Ed. Smith
Willie Smith — Petitioner