No. 19-7094

Ernest Lawrence v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 5th-amendment constitutional-review criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona police-interrogation prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether The Lower Court's Decisions Were Contrary To Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) and Whether the Lower Courts Unreasonably Applied Miranda?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Mr. Lawrence seek leave to appeal the following issues: 1. Whether The Lower Court’s Decisions Were Contrary To Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) and Whether the Lower Courts Unreasonably Applied Miranda? (Dist. Court Op. At *11-26) 2. Whether the Lower Courts unreasonably applied Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) to Petitioner's Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims? (Dist. Court Op. at *57-64) 3. Whether the Lower Courts unreasonably applied clearly established federal law to deny the Prosecutorial . Misconduct claim? (Dist. Court Op. at *35-41) 4. Whether the "Prior Bad Acts" violate Defendant's Due Process Rights to a Fair Trial? (Dist. Court Op. at *26-32) 5. Whether the Lower Courts erred in concurring that "Failure to include a limited instruction about prior bad acts was harmless error and not ‘capable of producing an unjust result" was unreasonable? (Dist. Court Op. at *26-32) 6. Whether the Circuit Court erred in failing to consider the issues of Constitutional importance? —

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-23
Waiver of right of respondents Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. to respond filed.
2019-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 29, 2020)

Attorneys

Ernest Lawrence
Ernest Lawrence — Petitioner
Ernest Lawrence — Petitioner
Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al.
Sarah D. BrighamDivision of Criminal Jusitce, Appellate Bureau, Respondent
Sarah D. BrighamDivision of Criminal Jusitce, Appellate Bureau, Respondent