No. 21-7388
Amos Joseph Wells, III v. Texas
IFP
Tags: constitutional-violation death-penalty due-process fact-finding ineffective-assistance post-conviction post-conviction-relief racial-animus sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
When a state provides a mandatory procedure for fact-finding in post-conviction death penalty cases where a constitutional violation is pleaded, does the state court's refusal to engage in the state's mandatory fact-finding procedures deny the applicant due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
When a state provides a mandatory procedure for fact-finding in post-conviction death penalty cases where a constitutional violation is pleaded, does the state court's refusal to engage in the state's mandatory fact-finding procedures deny the applicant due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-25
Reply of petitioner Amos Wells filed. (Distributed)
2022-04-11
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2022-03-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 15, 2022)
Attorneys
Amos Wells
Ashley Rae Steele — Texas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs, Petitioner
State of Texas