No. 19-7503

Michael Bernard Bell v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-01-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: buck-v-davis constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-trial ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel racial-animus racial-bias retroactive-application strickland-standard strickland-v-washington
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-03-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the decision in Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 (2017), which rejected the improper injection of racial animus, bias, or prejudice into a criminal trial by defense counsel as a reasonable tactical or strategic defense strategy as previously permitted under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), announce a substantive change in the law or establish a new constitutional right with retroactive application thereby entitling Petitioner to Relief?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the decision in Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 (2017), which rejected the improper injection of racial animus, bias, or prejudice into a criminal trial by defense counsel as a reasonable tactical or strategic defense strategy as previously permitted under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), announce a substantive change in the law or establish a new constitutional right with retroactive application thereby entitling Petitioner to Relief? i

Docket Entries

2020-03-30
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2020-02-26
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
2020-01-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Michael Bell
Robert Anthony NorgardNorgard, Norgard & Chastang, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent