No. 20-6598

Stephen Frederick Baker, Jr. v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-tolling guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the petitioner is entitled to step through the gateway of equitible tolling? 1.

Whether state courts determinations of trial counsels effectiveness was an
unreasonable application of the state standard of review for violations of the petitioners
Sixth amedment rights to effective assistance of counsel ?2.

Whether the petitioners guilty plea entered was knowingly, intelligently, and
voluntary quaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments?3.

Whether the petitioners counsel withheld specific discovery from the petitioner
during crucial key points of pre-trial and penalty phase?4.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2020-09-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 11, 2021)

Attorneys

Stephen Frederick Baker, Jr.
Stephen Frederick Baker Jr. — Petitioner