No. 19-7048

Bernardo Costa v. Missouri

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2019-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence constitutional-right due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-evidence post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief state-criminal-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a defendant in a state criminal case who is prohibited by state law from raising on direct appeal any claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, but who has a state-law right to raise such claim in a first post-conviction proceeding, has a federal constitutional right to effective assistance of first post-conviction counsel specifically with respect to his claim?

2. Whether "new" evidence in relation to the actual innocence gateway for the purpose of due process in habeas cases is defined as [all reliable evidence that was not presented at trial, even if it would have been available through the excercise of due dilligence], OR is it [evidence that was discovered post-conviction and it could not have been discovered prior to trial through the excercise of due dilligence?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant has a federal constitutional right to effective assistance of first post-conviction counsel

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-12-26
Waiver of right of respondent State of Missouri to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Bernardo Costa
Bernardo Costa — Petitioner
State of Missouri
Caroline Marie CoulterMissouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent