No. 20-8251
Jayrionte Thomas v. West Virginia
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. Victor — 1319 Quarrier Street, Petitioner
State of West Virginia
Lindsay Sara See — Office of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent