No. 19-7524

In Re Lexter K. Kossie

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2020-01-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 28-U.S.C.-§-2244 28-usc-2244 constitutional-performance due-process habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan Martinez-v.-Ryan mitigation-investigation procedural-default successive-petitions supreme-court-review trevino-v-thaler Trevino-v.-Thaler trial-counsel
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court's 'equitable' ruling permits Texas prisoners to avoid the successive requirements found at 28 U.S.C. § 2244(a) and (b) regarding prior §2254 applications for a writ of habeas corpus, by invoking the exception to the general rules of procedural default as stated in Trevino v. Thaler, 569 US 413 (2013) and Martinez v. Ryan, 566 US 1 (2012)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Whether the Court's 'equitable' ruling permits Texas prisoners to avoid the successive requirements found at 28 U.S.C. § 2244(a) and (b) regarding prior §2254 applications for a writ of habeas corpus, by invoking the exception to the general rules of procedural default a& stated in Trevino v. Thaler, 569 US 413 (2013) and Martinez v. Ryan, 566 US 1 (2012)? 2) Whether trial counsel renders constitutional performance by proceeding to the punishment trial only 45 minutes after the guilty verdict under the circumstance of this Particular case? 3) thether™the-fourt should presume prejudice when trial counsel decides to not present mitigation factors without making a mitigation investigation? ii

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-22
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.

Attorneys

Lexter Kossie
Lexter K. Kossie — Petitioner
Lexter K. Kossie — Petitioner