No. 20-5897

Demetrice Williams v. Sandy McCain, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability COA criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution denial effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection federal-district-court fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

A. WHETHER THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE DENIED COA BASED ON THE SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF THE SIXTH AMENDMENT GUARANTEES OF THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION BEFORE THE COURT?

B. WHETHER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, PROVIDES IN PERTINENT PART THAT, "NOR SHALL ANY STATE DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY, LAW, NOR DENY TO ANY PERSON WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS?"

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the federal district court should not have denied COA based on the substantial showing of the denial of the Sixth Amendment guarantees of the right to effective assistance of counsel in the criminal prosecution before the court?

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Demetrice Williams
Demetrius Williams — Petitioner