No. 21-7607

Devunaire Damorea Sims v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2022-04-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-counsel due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-hearing sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2022-06-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Did the Michigan Supreme Court err in denying this issue when Petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel where counsel failed to adequately represent him at the critical stage of his plea hearing?

II. Did the Michigan Supreme Court err in denying this issue when Petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of appellate counsel and his Fourteenth Amendment due process right to a full and fair appeal where counsel failed to raise the only "significant " and "obvious " issue?

III. Did the Michigan Supreme Court err in refusing to hold an evidentiary hearing to expand the record on ineffective assistance of trial counsel and appellate counsel?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Michigan Supreme Court err in denying this issue when Petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel where counsel failed to adequately represent him at the critical stage of his plea hearing?

Docket Entries

2022-06-13
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
2022-04-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 13, 2022)

Attorneys

Devunaire Damorea Sims
Devunaire Damorea Sims — Petitioner