No. 19-7847

Lee D. Watts v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2020-03-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confession confession-suppression criminal-interrogation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance police-interrogation police-questioning right-to-counsel sixth-amendment suppression voluntariness
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question #1: Whether petitioner's Original trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of U.S. Const. Amn. 6 when counsel failed to pursue suppression of Petitioner's confession because Petitioner invoked a request for counsel during Petitioner's police interview, and because he requested to end all questioning.

Question #2: Whether the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with Fare v. Michael G.C., 442 U.S. 107 (1981), Loikin v. Solem, 116 F.2d 532 (8th Cir. 1983); Michigan v. Mosely, 423 U.S. 96 (1975), Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932), Smith v. Dugger, 844 F.2d 1446 (11th Cir. 1988); Smith v. Wainwright, 871 F.2d 609 (11th Cir. 1989); Stare v. Bailey, 884 F.2d 738 (Kan. 1989); State v. Wright, 477 A. 1265 (Vt. 1984); and U.S. v. De Coster, 487 F.2d 1197 (D.C. Cir. 1973).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner's original trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of U.S. Const. Amn. 6

Docket Entries

2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-23
Waiver of right of respondent State of Tennessee to respond filed.
2020-02-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2020)

Attorneys

Lee Dewayne Watts
Lee Dewayne Watts — Petitioner
State of Tennessee
Brent C. CherryTennessee Attorney General, Respondent