No. 19-7025

Michael Feliciano v. George Miller, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Waymart, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: carrier due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eyewitness eyewitness-testimony in-re-winship ineffective-assistance investigation jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the State court of last resort and U.S. Court of Appeals decision which denied petitioner's claim that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective-assistance-of-counsel conflict with this Court's decision in Strickland that counsel has a duty to investigate the substance of a key eyewitness' testimony?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Is the State court of last resort and U.S. Court of Appeals decision which denied petitioner’s claim that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel conflict with this Court’s decision in _ Strickland that counsel has a duty to investigate the substance of a key . eyewitness’ testimony? . 2. Is the U.S. Court of Appeals and Eastern District Court’s decision that denied petitioner’s claim on the improper jury instructions on reasonable . doubt was time-barred conflict with this Court’s decision in In re Winship, ' Carrier, and Strickland because the failure to raise this issue was due to PCRA counsel's ineffectiveness? | ii

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-06
Waiver of right of respondents Kevin Ransom, et al. to respond filed.
2019-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Kevin Ransom, et al.
Jill Marie GrazianoBucks County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Jill Marie GrazianoBucks County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Michael Feliciano
Michael Feliciano — Petitioner
Michael Feliciano — Petitioner