No. 20-5683

Carlton Smith v. Hilton Hall, Warden

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2020-09-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure constitutional-review constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitution fundamental-fairness judicial-review legal-standard standing state-court structural-defect
Latest Conference: 2020-11-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Does the states's waiver standard of fundamental Standard of the Federal constitution?

(2) Does a state collateral review court's failure to review and rule upon the merits of the constitutional claim violates the constitutional requirement of review?

(3) Does a violation of Batson v. Kentucky establishes the structural defect, on the record, that renders a judgment of conviction constitutionally invalid and void?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the state's waiver standard of fundamental constitutional rights violate the established standard of the Federal Constitution?

Docket Entries

2020-11-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-09-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Carlton Smith
Carlton Smith — Petitioner