No. 19-6201

Ronn Darnell Sterling v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeal bank-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission evidentiary-issues false-evidence improper-cross-examination ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-conviction-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred in rejecting the petitioner's claim within his § 2255 motion that pre-trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for allowing the prosecution to present false material DNA evidence and false material evidence at his trial that misrepresented the evidence of the case, for failure to properly cross-examine witnesses, and for failure to argue on direct appeal and point out to the Eleventh Circuit that the district court stated on the record that admitting the petitioner's 1995 bank robbery conviction to the jury would be 'pretty prejudicial' and that 'the probative value is slight'

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-09-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2019)
2019-07-17
Application (19A47) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 19, 2019.
2019-06-25
Application (19A47) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 20, 2019 to October 19, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Ronn Darnell Sterling
Ronn Sterling — Petitioner
Ronn Sterling — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent