No. 18-5031

Jabbar Wallace v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-06-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel murder-conviction self-defense self-defense-right sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's conviction for third-degree murder should be overturned due to self-defense, violation of the Confrontation Clause, and ineffective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : a THE PETITIONER IN THIS CASE ACTED IN SELF. DEFENSE WHEN ATTACKED BY THE DECEDENT AND HIS FRIENDS WHILE IN THE RESTROOM. THE PETITIONER WAS IN DANGER OF HIS LIFE AND/OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. NONETHELESS THE PETITIONER WAS SENTENCED FOR MURDER. THE PETITIONER WAS DENIED CONFRONTATION CLAUSE RIGHT PROTECTION. ; COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE AT TRIAL. [i] a

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-30
Waiver of right of respondents Kauffman, Supt., Huntingdon, et al. to respond filed.
2018-06-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 30, 2018)

Attorneys

Jabbar Wallace
Jabbar Wallace — Petitioner
Kauffman, Supt., Huntingdon, et al.
James L. McMonagle Jr.Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, Respondent