No. 19-8253
Rudolph Churchill v. Pennsylvania
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence hypothetical-question ineffective-assistance jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2020-06-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Sixth Amendment-Ineffective-Assistance-of-Counsel
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ; SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION : INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL (TRIAL COUNSEL) *FAILING TO REQUEST THAT THE JURY BE CHARGED WITH RESPECT TO THIRD DEGREE MURDER. ; *FAILING TO OBJECT TO A HIGHLY PREJUDICIAL AND INFLAMMATORY HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION POSED BY THE TRIAL COURT TO THE PETITIONER'S DNA EXPERT WITNESS REGARDING THE DISCOVERY OF A BABY SUCKING ON A PACIFIER IN A SHALLOW GRAVE. *FAILING TO OBJECT TO THE PROSECUTOR'S. REFERENCE DURING HER CLOSING ARGUMENT TO THE BABY IN A SHALLOW GRAVE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. > (iil
Docket Entries
2020-06-15
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-04-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2020)