No. 19-7791
Jermaine Michael Jackson v. Pennsylvania
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alibi-defense civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2020-04-03
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. DID THE SUPERIOR COURT FAIL TO ANALYSIS PETITIONER CLAIM UNDER THE PRESUMPTION OF PREJUDICE STANDARD UNDER CRONIC?
2. WAS TRIAL COUNSEL ABANDONMENT OF A READILY AVAILABLE ALIBI DEFENSE IN PLACE OF NO DEFENSE A VIOLATION OF PETITIONER INALIENABLE RIGHT UNDER THE SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was trial counsel's abandonment of a readily available alibi defense a violation of petitioner's Sixth Amendment right?
Docket Entries
2020-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
2020-03-10
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2020-02-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 27, 2020)
Attorneys
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Michael Jackson — Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Jill Marie Graziano — Bucks County District Attorney's Office, Respondent