Frank Sarcona v. United States
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
Did the District Court and the Court of Appeals err in relying on procedural bar instead of the underlying constitutional issues by blocking a federal evidentiary hearing and denying the defendant the opportunity to establish actual innocence?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED , 1. Did the District Court and the Court of Appeals for the llth Circuit err in relying on procedural bar instead of relying on the underlying constitutional issues by blocking a federal evidentuary hearing; thus denying Defendant the opportunity to establish his actual innocence of the conviction? 2. Was Defendant’ _ trial counsel, Mrs. Randy J. Goldet ineffective for failing to call Dr. Forgione to testify at trial on Defendant's behalf to establish Defendant's actual innocence, resulting in a fundamental miscarriage of justice? 3. Was Prosecutor Kerry S. Baron guilty of prosecutorial misconduct and cause a Giglio violation by deliberately misleading the jury by not calling Dr. _Forgione. to testify : and avoiding disclosure of critical exculpatory testimony . . while suborning Mrs. Brock's perjured testimony, which he . obtained through threatening to prosecute Breck unless she testified at trial and “she could tell him something to change his mind"?