No. 22-6670

Jimmy Ray Lacy, Jr. v. Chandler Cheeks

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jailhouse-informant prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-03-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied a fair trial under the fourteenth
amendment when a key state witness misled the jury as to the
benefits received and expected in exchange for his testimony ?

II. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied his sixth amendment right to
counsel when the Genesee County Prosecutors office used a
jailhouse informant to circumvent that right ?

III. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied due process under Brady v.
Maryland when the prosecution withheld material and exculpatory
evidence pertaining to jailhouse informant Reginald Davidson ?

IV. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. rights violated to a fair trial from
multiple instances of prosecutorial misconduct ?

V. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied the effective assistance of
appellate counsel as both a substantive claim and as a defense to
claim of procedural default ?

VI. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. entitled to an evidentiary hearing as
to counsels performance and the extent of jailhouse informant
Reginald Davidson's relationship with the Genesee County
Prosecutor's office in this case ?

VII. Was petitioner Lacy denied his sixth amend, right to the
effective assistance of counsel under this court's precedent of
Massiah v United States, 377 U.S. 201 (1964) and did the Sixth
Circuit Court as well as the Court Of Appeals fail to apply the
appropriate standard ,when reviewing petitioner s Massiah claim
which involved the use of information from an informant acting as
an agent for the state.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied a fair trial under the fourteenth amendment

Docket Entries

2023-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-02-22
Waiver of right of respondent Chandler Cheeks, Warden to respond filed.
2023-01-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Chandler Cheeks, Warden
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Jimmy Lacy
Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. — Petitioner