No. 19-8253
Rudolph Churchill v. Pennsylvania
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence hypothetical-question ineffective-assistance jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel
Latest Conference:
2020-06-11
Question Presented (from Petition)
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL (TRIAL COUNSEL)
*FAILING TO REQUEST THAT THE JURY BE CHARGED WITH RESPECT
TO THIRD DEGREE MURDER.
*FAILING TO OBJECT TO A HIGHLY PREJUDICIAL AND INFLAMMATORY
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION POSED BY THE TRIAL COURT TO THE
PETITIONER'S DNA EXPERT WITNESS REGARDING THE DISCOVERY
OF A BABY SUCKING ON A PACIFIER IN A SHALLOW GRAVE.
*FAILING TO OBJECT TO THE PROSECUTOR 'S REFERENCE DURING
HER CLOSING ARGUMENT TO THE BABY IN A SHALLOW GRAVE
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Sixth Amendment-Ineffective-Assistance-of-Counsel
Docket Entries
2020-06-15
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-04-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2020)
Attorneys
Rudolph Churchill
Rudolph Churchill — Petitioner