No. 18-7702

George Reese v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-violations due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct vouching
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecutor committed misconduct

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the state court or United States court of appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, or has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court in violation of the 5", 6" & 14 Amendments to the United States Constitution concerning whether the prosecutor committed misconduct when he repeatedly informed members of the jury that inadmissible evidence was being withheld from them? 2. Whether the state court or United States court of appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, or has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court in violation of the 5", 6'" & 14" Amendments to the United States Constitution concerning whether the State injected improper vouching testimony to bolster the creditability of the victim? 3. Whether the state court or United States court of appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, or has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court in violation of the 5", 6" & 14" Amendments to the United States Constitution concerning whether the trial court abused its discretion when it held that defense counsel opened the door to uncharged conduct? 4. Whether the state court or United States court of appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, or has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court concerning in violation of the 5“, 6" & 14‘ Amendments to the United States Constitution whether Mr. Reese received ineffective assistance of counsel when she failed to object to what the Court of Appeals held to be prosecutorial misconduct that placed Mr. Reese in grave peril and had a probable persuasive affect on the jury. ii |

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent Dushan Zatecky to respond filed.
2019-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Dushan Zatecky
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent
George Reese
George A. Reese — Petitioner
George A. Reese — Petitioner