No. 20-164
Tags: access-to-court claim-forfeiture due-process manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice postconviction-counsel pro-se-action procedural-default
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2020-10-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant is denied due process and access to the court
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a defendant is denied due process and access to the court when appointed postconviction counsel refuses to adopt a meritorious claim and Florida courts render any pro se action a nullity, resulting in the forfeiture of the claim. 2. Whether the state court's failure to address a procedurally defaulted claim under the manifest injustice exception before denying it as untimely results in a miscarriage of justice— denying a defendant due process of law. i Ea ii. a
Docket Entries
2020-10-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
2020-06-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2020)