1. Void Judgment I Due Process
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment permits a State to impose and enforce
criminal punishment where guilt was never lawfully
adjudicated, no guilty or nolo contendere plea was
entered, and the disposition imposed was unauthorized by
statute.
2. Improper Use of Nunc Pro Tunc
Whether the Due Process Clause permits a state
court to use nunc pro tunc procedure to fabricate
plea-based findings that never occurred, contradict
the reporter 's record, and retroactively legitimize a
criminal judgment that was void when imposed.
3. Denial of Meaningful Review / Due Process
Whether a State may continue enforcing criminal
punishment consistent with the Due Process Clause and
the Sixth Amendment after its courts refuse to adjudicate
federal claims of suppressed Brady material, ineffective
assistance of counsel, an unlawful adjudicative process,
and a judgment later altered to fabricate plea findings.
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a State to impose and enforce criminal punishment where guilt was never lawfully adjudicated and a void judgment was retroactively legitimized through nunc pro tunc procedure