Julian Terence Martin, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
1. When a state court grants a motion for a competency haering, but convicts a defendant without holding one, is a defendant's due process of law denied under the 14th Amendment?
2. Is a state appellate court's unexplained decision to allow appellant's counsel to withdraw, pursuant to Anders' Brief a denial of due process, under the 14th°Amendment, when a substantive due process claim is presented in the record?
3. Does the procedural default rule operate to preclude a petitioner federal review, when a question of competency was apparent fr~
om the record?
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures