No. 20-6652

Rex Duane Stephenson v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: collateral-review constitutional-rights criminal-trial direct-appeal federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-unanimity post-conviction-relief ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether counsel provides ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution when he fails to investigate and to challenge the State's evidence at trial.

II. Whether the rule of Ramos v. Louisiana, holding that the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution require juries unanimity, applies retroactively to cases on collateral review.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether counsel provides ineffective assistance

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-14
Brief of respondent Brandon Kelly in opposition filed.
2020-12-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Brandon Kelly
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Rex Duane Stephenson
Nell I. BrownOffice of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon, Petitioner