reasonable-jurist

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22-7827 Scott Anderson v. Chad Wakefield, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit 2023-06-21 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-innocence reasonable-jurist sufficiency-of-evidence Is a defendant legally and factually innocent, if the State fails to prove each and every element of the crime {facts}, and the facts do not establish…
21-7690 Anthony J. Springer v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure entrapment-by-estoppel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel michigan-supreme-court pre-trial-defense reasonable-jurist TRAIL AND APPELLATE COUNSEL PROVIDED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE FOR FAILING TO INVESTIGATE AND PRESENT THE PRE-TRIAL DEFENSE OF ENTRAPMENT BY ESTOPPEL. A…
21-5526 Duane Kelly v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court-review double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-hearing inconsistent-verdict inconsistent-verdicts post-conviction-relief reasonable-jurist state-court-decision 1.) WAS THE DISTRICT COURTS FINDINGS THAT THE STATE COURT REASONABLY APPLIED THE INCONSISTENT VERDICT LAW IN THIS CASE CORRECT? 2.) WOULD A REASONABL…
20-5660 Percy St. George v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim court-of-appeals district-court due-process habeas-corpus legal-standard petition-review reasonable-jurist standard-of-review standing WHETHER REASONABLE JURIST COULD DEBATE THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ADOPTION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING THAT APPELLANT'S PETITION DOES NOT…
19-7889 Walter Rosario-Colon v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence insufficient-evidence jury-instructions reasonable-jurist second-degree-murder self-defense 1. Reasonable jurists would determine that Walter Rosario-Colon acted in self-defense when he struck Antonio Aguado. In the alternative, there was Ins…
18-9044 Troy Latrial Ramsey v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Ninth Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell per-se-rule reasonable-jurist sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Whether the Ninth Circuit's ruling denying a certificate of appealability conflicts with this Court's ruling in Miller-El v. Cochrell, 537 U.S. 322, 3…
18-1325 Dieter Charles Vogt v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court-order due-process habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurist right-to-counsel standard-of-review summary-denial Should the order of the court of appeals denying a certificate of appealability be reversed and remanded, because it is manifestly incorrect to sugges…
18-8458 Oniel Winston Scarlett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit appellate-review buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa due-process eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-reasoning merits-analysis merits-review reasonable-jurist sentencing Should the Eleventh Circuit provide a sufficient explanation of its order denying a COA in order that a reasonable jurist could ensue its reasoning di…
18-7614 Michael Jacoby v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment circuit-court-review circuit-split due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eighth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit reasonable-jurist reasonable-jurist-standard sixth-amendment strickland-standard undermining-of-confidence-in-verdict The 10th Circuit's application of a reasonable Jurist Standard as a full denial of Jadby's §2255 under the Strickland standard is in conflict with the…