No. 18-5337

Shawn Johnson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence brady-violations certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-concession prosecutorial-misconduct recantation recanted-testimony self-defense witness-recantation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner Shawn Johnson was denied due process and a fair trial due to newly discovered evidence of actual innocence and ineffective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions presented _ Shawn Johnson was arrested inMenmedth yg, in self-defense for shooting Wikpash ‘Jehmere croems He has credible evidence that he is actually innocent of this crime and State's witnesses have recanted their trial testimony. The State's prosecutor did conceed at the district court level to the self-defense claim. i . oan | 5 .

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 24, 2018)

Attorneys

Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson — Petitioner