No. 18-6247

Roy Parker v. Burl Cain, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment competency conflict-of-interest constitutional-provisions due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-testify sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the petitioner receive effective assistance of counsel?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : QUESTLON(S) PRESENTED 1). Did Petitioner receive the effective assistance of counsel ay guaranteed by the 6” Amendment to the United States Constitution when tnal counsel allawed the court to proceed without aruling on the Petitioner's competency being established? 2). it trial counsel acting within the effectiveness of assistance of coungel when he does not afford his client an opportunity to testify, when the client has an absolute right to testify and wants to? 3). Can trial counge] be effective to his client when there is an actual conflict of interest axiciing between the counsel and cltent? 4). Was Petitioner effectively denied the right to prove that ineffective assistance of counsel existed when the Courts continuously denied an evidentiary hearing? ‘ 2

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-09-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 8, 2018)

Attorneys

Roy Parker
Roy Parker — Petitioner