No. 20-6317

Robert Petty v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2020-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review closing-arguments constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment trial-procedure
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Indiana Courts erred in denying Appellant effective assistance of trial counsel during closing arguments and sentencing, violating the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Indiana Courts erred denying Appellant was deprived effective assistance of trial counsel during closing arguments and ; sentencing violating the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution? 2. Whether the Indiana Courts erred denying Appellant was deprived of effective assistance of Appellate Counsel in violation of the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution when Appellate Counsel failed to raise issues that are significant and obvious from the face of the record that are clearly stronger than the issues raised. ii

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2020-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Indiana
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent
Robert Petty
Robert Petty — Petitioner