No. 20-6384

Owen McCants v. Steven Silva

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law-violation ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review pretrial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-01-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court, appeals court, and Supreme Judicial Court abused their discretion?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED #1: WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT, APPEALS COURT, AND SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION? pp. 8-10 _ #2: WHETHER THE EXCLUSION OF THE DEFENDANT FROM THE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW? pp. 10-13 #3: WHETHER THE MUGSHOT PRESENTED TO THE JURY ; WAS SUGGESTIVE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW? . pp. 13-14 #4: WHETHER THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE SHOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A REQUIRED FINDING OF NOT GUILTY? . pp. 15-18 : #5: WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S TRIAL AND APPELLATE COUNSELS WERE INEFFECTIVE AS. A MATTER OF LAW? pp. 19-20 : #6: WHETHER THE PROSECUTOR'S OPENING AND CLOSING STATEMENTS PROHIBITED THE PETITIONER FROM RECEIVING A FAIR TRIAL? pp. 20-22

Docket Entries

2021-01-25
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
2020-11-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Owen McCants
Owen McCants — Petitioner
Owen McCants — Petitioner