No. 19-5532

Timothy W. Sparrow v. Rusty Washburn, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defective-indictment,double-jeo due-process evidentiary-rulings indictment-defect ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct jury-representation jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the indictment defective?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ; 1. The indictment was defective because it did not adequately inform the petitioner of the state's theory of attempted first degree murder. (Doc. No. | at 5.) 2. The petitioner's jury did not fairly represent the community. (Doc. No. 1 at 6.) 3. The petitioner was unfairly prejudiced by the trial court's evidentiary rulings. (Doc. No. 1 at 8.) : 4. The trial judge engaged in improper communication with the jury. (Doc. No. 1 at 10.) 5. There was insufficient evidence to support the petitioner's conviction. (Doc. No. 1 at 15.) 6. The petitioner's sentence was improperly enhanced and is excessive. (Doc. No. 1 at 17.) 7. The petitioner's right to due process was violated by the cumulative{2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8} effect of various errors of the trial court and trial counsel, and by prosecutorial misconduct. (Doc. No. | at 19.) . ; 8. The petitioner received ineffective assistance of trial counsel, appellate counsel, and post-conviction counsel. (Doc. No. 1 at 21.) 9. The petitioner's multiple indictments and convictions for various theories of murder violated his ri ght: to due process and the prohibition against double jeopardy. (Doc. No. 1 at 23.)

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent Rusty Washburn to respond filed.
2019-06-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Rusty Washburn
John Henry Bledsoe IIIOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Timothy W. Sparrow
Timothy Sparrow — Petitioner