No. 20-7897

Steve L. Stanaland, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 2nd-amendment circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence firearm-possession right-to-counsel second-amendment self-defense
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

This may very well be in this case and across the Nation . the most important and the biggest
question is.
(Specifically)
[If] y°u live in the middle of the Wood's and/or outskirts of a city or a town, in a desolate
place a long ways from the
1. (A) Police or sheriff's dept
1. (B) As constitutional provisions 2nd Amendment Shouldn ftyou be legally entitled to keep and bear
when your not a convicted-felon, to protect yourself and your spouse and family from assault
(bodily harm) with a firearm acting as like a law enforcement on your own property?
2, ) When an Indictment states "Murder w/a firearm, " and says a man is shot with a shotgun , should
a defendant be convicted (in this case) when there's NO FIREARM that's produced in court of
trial?)arms
3. ) Should a defendant be convicted of murder with a firearm (in this case) on circumstantial
evidence case with no gun ?
4. ) Should an attorney pursue a defense of self-defense when evidence exist as such, in the situation
as in Stanaland's case .
5. (A) Is it proper to suppress 206 pages of the Defendant's Testimony Evidence that supports self-
defense in a murder case as in Stanaland's case. In an interview with a cold-case Detective Cris
Wensil, when arrested?
5. (B) Specifically, even though he invoked his constitutional right to an attorney early on in this
interview, wouldn't this exculpatory evidence, and direct evidence, explaining what really happened,
should have been brought into the trial, is this a violation of due process rights of the Petitioner Mr.
Stanaland.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home in a desolate area far from law enforcement

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-06-01
Waiver of right of respondent Mark S. Inch to respond filed.
2021-01-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Mark S. Inch
Kellie A. Nielan — Respondent
Steve L. Stanaland
Steve L. Stanaland Jr. — Petitioner