No. 20-8251

Jayrionte Thomas v. West Virginia

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2021-06-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-procedure right-to-counsel sixth-amendment west-virginia-law
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals erred in declining to hold, on direct criminal appeal, that the Petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel in a First-Degree Murder case.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

ineffective-assistance-of-counsel

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-24
Waiver of right of respondent State of West Virginia to respond filed.
2021-05-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Jayrionte Thomas
Matthew A. Victor1319 Quarrier Street, Petitioner
State of West Virginia
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent