No. 19-8331

Jose A. Rodriguez v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-error constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process felony-offense grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance penal-law right-to-counsel
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-06-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the State Court constructively amended the indictment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether the State Court constructively amended the indictment which charged. petitioner on September 1, 2009 through September 1, 2010, before the New York State Penal Law § 220.77 (1), Operating as a Major Trafficker statue, went into effect and the instructions altered an essential element of that crime by refusing to re-submit indictment to the Grand Jury? : 2. Whether petitioner enjoyed the Right to Counsel at the initial arraignment proceeding during a critical stage, haven been charged of the highest felony offence in New York State, an A-1 felony and is appellate counsel ineffective for failing to raise such colorable claim? 3. Whether the lower féderal courts legally and factually circumvented and debased committing structural U-S. Constitutional error in failing to follow Supreme Court precedent by ruling that petitioner has not exhausted his federal claims in State court? : : 2|Page

Docket Entries

2020-06-22
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
2020-03-11
Application (19A1005) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until May 9, 2020.
2020-03-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 22, 2020)
2020-02-18
Application (19A1005) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 10, 2020 to May 9, 2020, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.

Attorneys

Jose A. Rodriguez
Jose A. Rodriguez — Petitioner
Jose A. Rodriguez — Petitioner