No. 19-6203

Eric Christopher Barrass v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: chambers-v-mississippi constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-review green-v-georgia habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-decision state-courts third-party-confession
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in applying 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to the state appellate court's unexplained decision, rather than 'looking through' that decision to the reasoned opinion of the state trial court

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. In light of Wilson v. Sellers, 584 U.S. __, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), did the Eleventh Circuit err in applying 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to the state appellate court’s unexplained decision, rather than “looking through” that decision to the reasoned opinion of the state trial court? II. Where a third person spontaneously confesses multiple times to friends and gives a sworn statement that he committed the crime for which the defendant is being prosecuted, but his confessions also include facts that provide a potential defense to prosecution, are those confessions nonetheless admissible as a matter of constitutional law under Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1978), if the third person stood to benefit nothing by disclosing his role in the shooting and must have been aware of the possibility that his disclosure would lead to criminal prosecution? i

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-10-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 7, 2019)
2019-07-25
Application (19A82) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 5, 2019.
2019-07-17
Application (19A82) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 6, 2019 to October 5, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Eric Barrass
Janice L. Bergmann — Petitioner