No. 22-5413

Roderick Taylor v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2022-08-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-conviction due-process federal-treaties ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-bar strickland-v-washington
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER MISS. CODE ANN. 99-39 21 WAS UNREASONABLY USED THE BAR TO PETITIONER 'S FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF SEVERE IMPORTANCE THAT WHICH REVOLVES AROUND FEDERAL TREATIES

WHETHER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND OTHER FEDERAL TREATIES CITED IN THE PETITIONER 'STATE FILINGS PROHIBIT THE CONVICTION OF AN ACCUSED WHERE THE TRIAL RECORD FAILS TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION ANS SENTENCE

WHETHER APPELLATE 'S COUNSEL FAILURE TO RAISE THE ISSUES PRESENTED THEREIN MOTITON FOR POST CONVICTION COLLATERAL RELIEF, INCLUDING THE ISSUES RELATING TO THE SUFFICIENCY AND WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE ON DIRECT APPEAL HAS RESULTED IN THE ISSUES BEING PROCEDURALLY BARRED, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IN THE ISSUES WOULD HAVE WARRANTED RELIEF HAD THEY BEEN PRESENTED IS SUFFICIENT IN ITSELF TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Miss. Code Ann. 99-39-21 was unreasonably used to bar petitioner's fundamental issues of severe importance revolving around federal treaties

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-31
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2022-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 21, 2022)

Attorneys

Mississippi
Ashley Lauren SulserOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent
Roderick Taylor
Roderick Taylor — Petitioner