No. 19-8251

Kevin Duane Talkington v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-bias jury-instructions jury-selection
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Counsel Palledtoistrike a juror coho saidhe couldht hesPaiP; investigate,
4 Plied t-aghe, an oro j ipatory eu/dence . the.and present
verbaiin reading crP IPs charge. * and omitted -from j+ls ujrittencour excu
instructions the statu tog definitions of -the. charged csfi\ense. .
fkt/tioncr* coAstitutiona J night Pair andL Han uounseii .iaJQ.1 ife. 'HJ /a
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d. 2a it ePP&ctive assistance, not to strike a juror coho states ; _Z
Cant start him an a level playing field because nog oujfe Qnd pretty
'th sexual ohuse ; Jl
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3. For allegations of juror bias , is the proper remedy a heady in
ujlilch the dependant has the. opportunity to prove, actualhiaS ?
d the. parties disagree,
identity of a Juror u)ho Sold he hod been Sexually c,hused ) so it
uobu/cl be hard to give c, fair trial * should the accused juror he,
questioned about this statement 9much fry entire family ... has exper fan ce.
sexually chased at if So it would he hard toy he him aLOJ u&s
the H. Uhen the record is ambiguous i QA on
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verbahn reading of its chci/ye to tlegury and o mitts the^
statutory definitions of h
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for the chaste offense. from the^auu ■
prejudiced u)hen counsel failed tou'njest/yate and
present exculpatory evj'dafice from eyeuditneSS : tecontc, f/ac\ eufdence
> and medical experts to challenge the, lack o f physical eaidence 9
71 L/hen counsel Pails to intersieuJ and present Petitioners alibi
utiiness , Jobs this prejud
effect] je assistance?£>. Idas Petitioner
the defense, and depriue l him of ice.
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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Counsel's failure to strike biased juror,counsel's failure to investigate and present exculpatory evidence,court's failure to provide oral verbatim jury instructions,court's omission of statutory definitions in written instructions

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-09-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-26
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-06-15
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-04-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 13, 2020)
2020-01-24
Application (19A832) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 12, 2020.
2020-01-09
Application (19A832) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 12, 2020 to April 12, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Kevin Duane Talkington
Kevin Duane Talkington — Petitioner