Michael Bernard Bell v. Florida
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
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?
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