No. 20-5430

Anthony G. Meyers v. Cathy Jess, Warden

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-law duty-to-retreat first-degree-reckless-homicide homicide ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense utter-disregard
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was there sufficient evidence of utter disregard for human life to support a first degree reckless homicide conviction?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Was there sufficient evidence of utter “utter disregard for human life” to support a first degree reckless homicide conviction? 2. Should additional jury instructions, specifically JI-810 have been requested to ‘point out Meyers had no duty to retreat in his own home? 3. Was trial counsel ineffective for failing to request second degree reckless ; homicide as a lesser-included offense? ' 4, Was defense counsel ineffective for agreeing not to introduce the victim’s violent ‘ past known to the defendant at the time of the homicide occurred? . 5. Was trial counsel ineffective for failing to request additional and/or different jury . instructions for the self-defense, of which pointed out that Meyers had no legal duty : to retreat in his own home? . 6. Was trial counsel ineffective for failing to argue, move, and/or in any other way : put forth the notion that there was a totality of the evidence showing that “utter disregard” of the victim’s life would be an inappropriate finding in this case?

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-10
Waiver of right of respondent Cathy Jess, Warden to respond filed.
2020-08-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Anthony G. Meyers
Anthony G. Meyers — Petitioner
Cathy Jess, Warden
Sara L. ShaefferWisconsin Department of Justice, Respondent