No. 22-6924
Gerald Drummond v. Pennsylvania
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt-instruction state-courts structural-error trial-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2023-04-14
Question Presented (from Petition)
IS THE PENNSYLVANIA COURTS INAPPROPRIATELY DENYING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS OF THE PETITIONER RIGHTS IN THEIR DENIAL OF RELIEF TO INEFFECTIVENESS OF TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO OBJECT TO THE STRUCTURAL ERROR IN THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL REASONABLE DOUBT INSTRUCTION?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is the Pennsylvania courts inappropriately denying the United States constitutional protections of the petitioner rights in their denial of relief to ineffectiveness of trial counsel's failure to object to the structural error in the unconstitutional reasonable doubt instruction?
Docket Entries
2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-21
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2023-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2023)
Attorneys
Gerald Drummond
Gerald Drummond — Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Nancy Winkelman — District Attorney's Office, Respondent