No. 21-7401

Harold Edwards v. Nevada, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habitual-sentence liberty-interest sixth-amendment state-court state-procedure
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did The State/ District Court Judge's Failure To Abide By Nevada's State Procedural Law Violate My Constitutionally Protected Liberty Interest Under The Fourteenth Amendment?

2. Was The Large Habitual Sentence Substantially Disproportionate To The Underlying Offense As To Constitute Cruel and Unusual Punishment In Violation Of The Eighth Amendment?

3. Was My Sixth Amendment Constitutional Right To Effective Assistance Of Counsel Violated?

4. Did The State Court Sentencing Judge Allow the Prosecutor To Use Constitutionally Infirm Prior Convictions For The Basis For His Recommended Lengthy Habitual Sentence?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the state district court judge's failure to abide by Nevada's state procedural laws violate my constitutionally protected liberty interest, Fourteenth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-15
Waiver of right of respondent State of Nevada, et al. to respond filed.
2022-03-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 18, 2022)

Attorneys

Harold Edwards
Harold Edwards — Petitioner
State of Nevada, et al.
Erica BerrettNevada Attorney General's Office, Respondent