No. 19-8920

Deshawn Colbert v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-trial pre-arrest-silence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the appellant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated due to ineffective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED THE APPELANT'S RIGHT TO CONFRONTATION PURSUANT TO THE SIXTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WAS VIOLATED AS A RESULT OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHEN IT DENIED APPELLANT A NEW TRIAL 4 THE APPELLANT WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL WHEN THE PROSECUTOR ATTEMPTED TO USE HIS SILENCE WHILE BEING ARRESTED BOTH AS AN ADMISSION OF GUILT AND TO IMPEACH HIS SUBSEQUENT STATEMENTS TO OFFICERS THAT HE WAS MERELY PRESENT AT THE SCENE OF THE ROBBERY AND MURDER 9

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-11
Waiver of right of respondent Sherry L. Burt, Warden to respond filed.
2020-06-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Deshawn Colbert
Deshawn Colbert — Petitioner
Deshawn Colbert — Petitioner
Sherry L. Burt, Warden
Fadwa A. HammoudMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Fadwa A. HammoudMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent