Wesley Wayne Schaefer v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Criminal Institutions Division
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Whether a Court may assume, from a silent record, the defendant was sufficiently made aware of the consequences of his guilty plea?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED A: Whether a Court may assume, from a silent record, the defendant was sufficiently made aware of the consequences of his guilty plea? B: Whether the United States Constitution requires a Grand Jury indictment in a State Court under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment? C: Whether a defendant may be convicted of both a lesser and greater offense based upon the same evidence offered as proof of the alleged violation of State law? ; D: Whether Trial Counsel renders reasonable effective assistance of counsel, when he fails to properly advise his client of the ; _ consequences of his plea? E: Whether the United States District Court has a duty to conduct a de novo review of state court records of federal questions that are mixed questions of Law and fact? F: Whether the United States Constitution requires a jury to unanimously return a verdict of guilt? G: Whether the Due Process Clause to the United States Constitution, requires equal protections in the application of State law under the Federal Constitution? ii.