No. 20-6765
Kevin Wayne Dickson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
IFP
Tags: appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process expert-witness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-sufficiency standard-of-review state-court-review
Latest Conference:
2021-03-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the Fifth Court of Appeals commit error for concluding that Appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim was not debatable among jurists when Appellant's trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call an expert witness that the victim was high on PCP when he claimed the Appellant shot him?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fifth Court of Appeal committed error in concluding that the appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim could not be reviewed on appeal
Docket Entries
2021-03-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2020-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 3, 2021)
Attorneys
Kevin Wayne Dickson
Kevin Wayne Dickson — Petitioner