No. 23-5289

Willie Seth Crain, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance pleadings sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Is it a violation of the Fourteen th Amendment right to Due Process to allow a conviction to stand where some of the elements of the crime were not established by competent, substantial evid ence, despite the specific issue not being captured for review in the Defendant's original pleadings?

2. Is it ineffective assistance of counsel and a violation of the Sixth Amendment for trial counsel to stipulate to a material fact when the State of Florida has only proven the fact by a preponderance of the evidence?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is it a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process to allow a conviction to stand where some of the elements of the crime were not established by competent, substantial evidence, despite the specific issue not being captured for review in the Defendant's original pleadings?

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-08-28
Brief of respondents Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2023)

Attorneys

Dixon, Sec., FL DOC
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Willie Seth Crain, Jr.
Ann Marie MirialakisCapital Collateral Regional Counsel, Petitioner