No. 18-6582

Kareem Glass v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure appellate-rights capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-circumstances penalty-phase sixth-amendment waiver waiver-of-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2018-12-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

where-capital-counsel-induced-petitioner-into-a-waiver

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. WHERE CAPITAL COUNSEL INDUCED PETITIONER INTO A WAIVER OF HIS ENTIRE PENALTY PHASE AND A WAIVER OF HIS APPELLATE RIGHTS IN RETURN FOR A GUARANTEED LIFE SENTENCE. WHERE ALL APPELLATE COURTS AGREE THAT CAPITAL COUNSEL FAILED TO CONDUCT ANY MITIGATING INVESTIGATION OR PREPARE FOR A PENALTY PHASE AND WHERE A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST LATER FOUND AT LEAST SIX MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES AVAILABLE HAD CAPITAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATED, DOES CAPITAL COUNSEL'S ° INEFFECTIVENESS PREJUDICE PETITIONER RENDERING THIS WAIVER INVALID? : i

Docket Entries

2018-12-10
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-11-14
Waiver of right of respondents Melissa Hainesworth, et al. to respond filed.
2018-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 6, 2018)

Attorneys

Kareem Glass
Kareem Glass — Petitioner
Kareem Glass — Petitioner
Melissa Hainesworth, et al.
Nancy WinkelmanDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Nancy WinkelmanDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent