No. 18-8727
Corey Wiggins v. Stanley Payne, Warden
IFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure failure-to-investigate habeas-claim habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-degree-murder sixth-amendment voluntary-manslaughter
Latest Conference:
2019-06-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER THE BELOW COURT, EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN WHETHER THE BELOW COURT, EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, ERRED IN REFUSING TO GRANT A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ON BOTH OF PETITIONER'S CLAIMS. A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON HABEAS CLAIM WHERE PETITIONER SHOWED HIS ATTORNEY WAS INEFFECTIVE UNDER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, FOR FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE, AND FAILING TO DISCUSS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER INSTRUCTION VERSUS COERCING PETITIONER TO PLEAD TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in refusing to grant a certificate of appealability
Docket Entries
2019-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
2019-03-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 8, 2019)
Attorneys
Corey Wiggins
Corey Wiggins — Petitioner