No. 18-8715

Quillie Merle Spray v. Kelly A. Ryan, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Shirley

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure effective-counsel fair-trial insanity-defense mental-evaluation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals correctly decided an important question of constitutional law: that the Petitioner was denied his right to effective counsel under the Sixth Amendment, where counsel failed to request a mental evaluation and pursue an insanity defense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. Whether the Court of Appeals correctly decided an important question of constitutional law: that the Petitioner was denied his right to effective counsel under the Sixth Amendment, where counsel failed to request a mental evaluation and pursue an insanity defense. -i

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-18
Waiver of right of respondent Kelly Ryan to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-04-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 6, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service

Attorneys

Kelly Ryan
Jennifer Kay Zalnasky — Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Respondent
Quillie Spray
Kenneth I. Seiger — Attorney at Law, Petitioner