No. 19-6799

Aamir A. Hafiz-Thompson v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acca appeal certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel precedent sentencing supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Nationally, where counsel admittingly is inaccurate, misinforms and fails, to. make specific inquiry regarding Petitioner's prior predicates (ACCA) does the lower courts findings that "guessing suffice for effect assistance of counsel" conflict with Supreme Court precedent.

2. Should the "original files of the District Court suffice or warrant Appellate Court silence, in denying Certificate of Appealability, where Petitioner identifies non existing precedent District Court used in reaching findings,..

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether counsel's admitted inaccuracy, misinformation, and failure to make specific inquiry regarding the petitioner's prior predicates (ACCA) conflicts with Supreme Court precedent on the effective assistance of counsel

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-10-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Aamir A. Hafiz-Thompson
Aamir A. Hafiz-Thompson — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent