No. 18-9281

Randy Burke v. Diane Prosper, Acting Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Virgin Islands
Docketed: 2019-05-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-law expert-testimony ineffective-assistance jury-instructions right-to-confrontation trial-counsel
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the counsel's failure to cross-examine the main witness Beatrice Lawrence constituted ineffective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Randy Burke
Randy Burke — Petitioner