No. 20-6315

Darris Altony Newsome v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-charges criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel probable-cause sixth-amendment victim-testimony witness-testimony
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated due to trial counsel's conduct involving dishonesty that tainted the entire trial process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-11-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Darris A. Newsome
Darris Newsome — Petitioner
Darris Newsome — Petitioner