Lavon Oden v. Neil Turner, Warden
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Was LaVon Oden's Sixth Amendment:.Confrontation Clause right to directly confront witnesses; the right to cross examine adverse witnesses violated, when the trial court erred as a matter of law by allowing witness Darryl Craig's identification of Oden as the shooter and the contents of Craig's text messages?
Did the Trial Court error as a matter of law by overruling Oden's motion for mistrial; and Abuse its discretion when the trial court prevented trial counsel from cross-examining witness Curtis Boston about his admitted out of court conversations with witness Darryl Craig, while in lockup, in which Boston stated Craig influenced his testimony.?
Was LaVon Oden's Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel; and Oden's Sixth Amendment right to confront witness Darryl Craig violated, when trial counsel failed to object to hearsay evidence? If a petitioner is denied effective cross examination, would that be a constitutional error of the first magnitude and no amount of showing or want of prejudice could cure it?
Was LaVon Oden's Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel violated, when trial counsel conceded to the guilt of the petitioner?
Was LaVon Oden's Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel violated, when trial counsel failed to file a motion to supress the identification by Robert Johnson of Oden as the shooter?
Was LaVon Oden's Fourteenth Amendment right violated when prosecutorial misconduct rendered petitioner's trial fundamentally unfair?
Was LaVon Oden's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses violated?