No. 20-6288

Allen Snyder v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-error legal-review post-conviction-relief pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation victim-identification
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower courts erred in denying Snyder's application for post-conviction relief based on an apparent confusion about the identity of the victim

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. In denying Snyder’s application for post conviction relief, the trial court said Snyder was challenging his conviction and sentence for the second degree murder of his wife; however, Snyder’s wife is not deceased and neither is she #e victim in this case. The lower courts have overlooked and ignored this egregious error. Like the judge who presided over the trial, could the jury have been confused about who the actual victim was in this case? 2. Snyder is not an experienced pro se litigant and has not had any legal training. He received some assistance from the prison law library to restructure his claims, making 2 instead of 10. The lower courts refused to review Snyder’s claim, alleging it was new; however, none of the claims were new and they are contained in Snyder’s original post-conviction application. Did the lower courts err in not reviewing the claim on its merits? it a . .

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent Darrel Vannoy to respond filed.
2020-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Allen Snyder
Allen Snyder Sr. — Petitioner
Allen Snyder Sr. — Petitioner
Darrel Vannoy
Darren Anthony AllemandJefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Darren Anthony AllemandJefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, Respondent