No. 22-7532

In Re Rex Gard

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2023-05-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2023-06-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Is Petitioner actually innocent and has a miscarriage of justice occurred?

2. Is the South Dakota Supreme Court's overturning of their own precedent in State v. Reddick, "insofar as it conflicts with this decision," State v. Gard, an unforeseeable retroactive judicial enlargement of statute in violation of ex post facto prohibitions and Due Process?

3. Does the failure of the State to provide evidence of intent in any of the charges violate this Court's holding in United States v. Booker, invalidate Petitioner's conviction.

4. Does counsel's inability to properly understand the law and present it at trial violate Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to reasonable counsel and fatally prejudice his case?

5. Does this Court's decision in Lafler v. Cooper, requiring counsel to meet Strickland v. Washington, standards during plea negotiations and at sentencing have retrospective application to set aside these convictions?

6. If the State is unable to prove misappropriation of partnership funds, must this conviction be set aside?

7. Must a State consider proportionality and the nature of the alleged offense in determining whether a sentence violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of Equal Protection and Due Process?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is Petitioner actually innocent and has a miscarriage of justice occurred?

Docket Entries

2023-06-05
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
2022-07-08

Attorneys

Brent Fluke, Warden and Marty Jackley, Attorney General
Sarah Lynn ThorneSouth Dakota Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Rex Gard
Rex Gard — Petitioner