No. 19-6558

Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process federal-court-review federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-findings state-court state-court-deference strickland-v-washington trial-strategy wilson-v-sellers witness-investigation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment Securities
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Wilson v. Sellers requires faithful adherence to the last reasoned decision of a state court, or may federal courts bolster such a decision by omitting or adding selective judicial findings?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Wilson v. Sellers requires faithful adherence to the last reasoned decision of a state court, or may federal courts bolster such a decision by omitting or adding selective judicial findings? 2. Whether trial counsel’s admission of error or concession of a lack of strategy deserves deference in a Strickland v. Washington analysis? 3. Whether an attorney has a duty to conduct a thorough investigation which includes interviewing and investigating crucial witnesses with knowledge of the defendant’s innocence? 4, Whether Strickland v. Washington requires that prejudice must be reviewed by aggregating trial counsel’s errors? i

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-09
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2019-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 9, 2019)
2019-08-15
Application (19A167) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 4, 2019.
2019-08-05
Application (19A167) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 5, 2019 to November 4, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Antonio Melton
Linda McDermottMcClain & McDermott, P.A., Petitioner
Linda McDermottMcClain & McDermott, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent