No. 18-9074

Aaron Francois v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel louisiana-constitution sufficiency-of-evidence trial-error
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-06-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the evidence established that the murder and underlying felony of armed robbery formed part of a continuous transaction without a significant break in the chain of events.

Whether Petitioner's Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights were violated when he was denied his right to testify.

Whether Petitioner received ineffective assistance of trial counsel in violation of the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 8 of the Louisiana Constitution.

Whether an indigent Petitioner has been denied his constitutional rights to appellate review and to free copies of the records to have an adequate opportunity to fairly present his claims.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the evidence was sufficient to establish that the murder and underlying felony of armed robbery formed a continuous transaction without a significant break in the chain of events

Docket Entries

2019-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-21
Waiver of right of respondent Darrel Vannoy to respond filed.
2019-03-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 31, 2019)

Attorneys

Aaron Francois
Aaron Francois — Petitioner
Darrel Vannoy
Robert L Odinet Sr.15th Judicial District Attorney Office, Respondent