No. 25-5073

William Menter v. New Jersey

Lower Court: New Jersey
Docketed: 2025-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cronic-standard due-process illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance state-court-decision strickland-standard
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the state court's decision on Appellant's Illegal Sentence claims contrary to State v. Yarbough, 100 N.J. 627 (1985) and whether the Appellant's rights to due process were violated by this decision?

2. Whether the state court's decision was contrary to Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) and United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (1984) and whether the Appellant's rights were violated by the decisions?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the state court's decision on Appellant's Illegal Sentence claims was contrary to State v. Yarbough and whether the Appellant's due process rights were violated

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-08
Waiver of right of respondent New Jersey to respond filed.
2025-04-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 11, 2025)

Attorneys

New Jersey
Patrick F. Galdieri IIHudson County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
William Menter
William Menter — Petitioner