No. 23-6787

Jerry Means v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief state-law-rights
Latest Conference: 2024-04-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an indigent pro se defendant in a state criminal case who is prohibited by state law from raising any claim of trial court error on direct appeal, but who has a state-law right to raise such a claim in a reconsideration proceeding, has a federal constitutional right to the assistance of court-appointed standby trial counsel and court-appointed appellate counsel specifically with respect to his trial court error claim

Docket Entries

2024-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2024-02-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 25, 2024)

Attorneys

Jerry Means
Jerry Means — Petitioner