Lee E. Stephens, Jr. v. Carolyn J. Scruggs, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al.
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
1. Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether habeas relief and re sentencing is required when a defendant's sentence was premised on prior convictions and a sentence that were later found unconstitutional and vacated?
2. Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether Stephens's counsel were ineffective in failing to challenge his prior unconstitutional convictions and sen-tence?
3. Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether Stephens's right to testify was violated because he relinquished that right under the misapprehension that he could be impeached with his prior unconstitu-tional convictions?
Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether habeas relief and resentencing is required when a defendant's sentence was premised on prior convictions and a sentence that were later found unconstitutional and vacated?