No. 20-6275

William Ford v. Mike Parris, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-counsel prejudice-prong procedural-default self-defense sufficiency-of-the-evidence trial-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Would jurist of reason disagree and find debatable the correctness of the Sixth and District Courts' finding of effective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW : 1. WOULD JURIST OF REASON DISAGREE AND FIND DEBATABLE THE CORRECTNESS OF ’ _ THE SIXTH AND DISTRICT COURTS’ FINDING OF EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHERE COUNSEL FAILED TO REQUEST AN APPROPRIATE BURDEN OF PROOF INSTRUCTION IN THE CASE-ESPECIALLY WHERE SUCH COURTS RELIED UPON A SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE ANALYSIS RELATIVE THE PREJUDICE PRONG? 2. WOULD JURIST OF REASON DISAGREE AND FIND DEBATABLE THE CORRECTNESS OF ; THE SIXTH AND DISTRICT COURTS’ PROCEDURAL DEFAULT RULING RELATIVE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL-WHERE COUNSEL FAILED TO SUBMIT A PROMISED DEFENSE WITNESS, MISS LAURA SMITH, IN SUPPORT OF THE SELF DEFENSE THEORY PRESENTED BY COUNSEL-AS BEING NON-SUBSTANTIAL TO ESTABLISH CAUSE BASED UPON INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF POST-CONVICTION COUNSEL FOR FAILURE TO RAISE SUCH INEFFECTIVE ; ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL CLAIM? ;

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-07-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

William Ford
William Ford — Petitioner
William Ford — Petitioner