No. 18-9810

Erik Ward v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-06-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: attempted-murder civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offense physical-evidence premeditation standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence trial-counsel
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

procedure and dve process, Base Upon jury
lacked Knowle dge of the importa nce of
.My trial counsel Failed to inform me a yea
deal would be for attempted murder Without
Willful, delibe rate, and preme ditated murder
Lan the Lourt please take this matter into
consideration base upon the
preponderance
OF the evidence to "Intent.
review and decide to
Can the court please
reduce the charges to attempted murder that
is not willful de liberate, and premeditated.
is punishable by 5, 7, or gyears in State
which
prison?
Can the courts please review the lack of
petitioner for attempted murder willful,
deliberate, and premeditated.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether trial counsel failed to provide effective assistance of counsel by not properly performing procedural and due process requirements, and not informing the petitioner of the potential for a lesser included offense

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)

Attorneys

Erik Ward
Erik Ward — Petitioner