No. 21-6779

Troy Allen Hite v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2022-01-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-violation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel michigan-state-courts procedural-default right-to-counsel
Latest Conference: 2022-03-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. IS CERTIORARI APPROPRIATE WHERE MICHIGAN STATE COURTS REFUSED TO ADDRESS PETITIONER'S DENIAL OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL AT A CRITICAL STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM IN VIOLATION OF HIS U.S. CONST. AM.'S IV AND XIV?

II. IS CERTIORARI APPROPRIATE WHERE MICHIGAN STATE COURTS REFUSED TO ADDRESS PETITIONER'S DENIAL OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL FOR FAILING TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVER THAT PETITIONER WAS NOT REPRESENTED FOR A 3-MONTH PERIOD AND THAT NO SERVICE OF THE INFORMATION WAS PERFORMED?

III. IS CERTIORARI APPROPRIATE WHERE MICHIGAN STATE COURTS REFUSED TO ADDRESS PETITIONER'S DENIAL OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL ON HIS APPEAL WHEN COUNSEL NEGLECTED STRONG AND CRITICAL ISSUES WHICH MUST BE SEEN AS SIGNIFICANT AND OBVIOUS, AND BECAUSE OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL FOR FAILING TO RAISE THE WITHIN ISSUES, SHOULD ANY PROCEDURAL DEFAULTS BE OVERCOME?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is-certiorari-appropriate-where-Michigan-state-courts-refused-to-address-petitioner's-denial-of-his-constitutional-right-to-counsel

Docket Entries

2022-03-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
2021-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2022)

Attorneys

Troy Allen Hite
Troy A. Hite — Petitioner