No. 20-6332

Cecil Salyers v. Kentucky

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2020-11-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice sentencing-prejudice sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard
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Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Kentucky Court of Appeals correctly interpreted the Sixth Amendment in holding the petitioner cannot demonstrate prejudice under Strickland when counsel's ineffectiveness resulted in the petitioner's sentences being run consecutively when they would have otherwise been concurrent

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED — . — De a : Did the Kentucky Court of Appeals correctly interpret the Sixth. Amendment oo in holding Petitioner “cannot demonstrate prejudice under Strickland’, when ; ; counsel’s ineffectiveness resulted in Petitioner’s sentences being ran consecutively’ _ when they would have otherwise been concurrent? Mo oa, : SOF PARTIES | ae All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. : . "RELATED CASES re . . Salyers v. Commonwealth, No. 11-0R-249 and 12-CR-111, Hopkins Cireuit : Court, Judgement Entered March 18, 2014 . , oe oo _ _ Salyers v. Commonwealth, No. 2014-$0-186-MR, Kentucky Supreme. Court, ) ' Opinion Rendered May 14, 2015. oo a, . Salyers v. Commonwealth, No. 2017-CA-987-MR, Kentucky Court of Appeals, , 7 we “Opinion Rendered Januaxy 10, 2020. <, ; a ; : a 7 ; oo en Salyers ve Commonwealth, No. 2020-SC-48-D, Kentucky Supreme Court, Decided July 1, 2020. i ae ; 7 : a | oe | 7 . . oo " 'TABLEOF CONTENTS | | a Questions i , List of . . . Related . .

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-04
Waiver of right of respondent Kentucky to respond filed.
2020-10-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Cecil Salyers
Cecil Salyers — Petitioner
Cecil Salyers — Petitioner
Kentucky
James C. ShackelfordKemtucky Attorney General, Respondent
James C. ShackelfordKemtucky Attorney General, Respondent