No. 20-6384

Owen McCants v. Steven Silva

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law-violation ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review pretrial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review
Latest Conference: 2021-01-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

#1 : WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT, APPEALS COURT, AND
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION?

#2: WHETHER THE EXCLUSION OF THE DEFENDANT FROM
THE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW?

§3: WHETHER THE MUGSHOT PRESENTED TO THE JURY
WAS SUGGESTIVE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW?

WHETHER THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE SHOULD
HAVE RESULTED IN A REQUIRED FINDING OF NOT GUILTY?

WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S TRIAL AND APPELLATE
COUNSELS WERE INEFFECTIVE AS A MATTER OF LAW?

#6: WHETHER THE PROSECUTOR'S OPENING AND CLOSING
STATEMENTS PROHIBITED THE PETITIONER FROM
RECEIVING A FAIR TRIAL?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court, appeals court, and Supreme Judicial Court abused their discretion?

Docket Entries

2021-01-25
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
2020-11-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Owen McCants
Owen McCants — Petitioner