No. 20-6652

Rex Duane Stephenson v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: collateral-review constitutional-rights criminal-trial direct-appeal federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-unanimity post-conviction-relief ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether counsel provides ineffective assistance

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I Whether counsel provides ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution when he fails to investigate and to challenge the State’s evidence at trial. Il. Whether the rule of Ramos v. Louisiana, holding that the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution require juries unanimity, applies retroactively to cases on collateral review. This question will be decided in Edwards v. Vannoy, No. 18-31095.

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-14
Brief of respondent Brandon Kelly in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
2020-12-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 19, 2021)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixAppendixProof of Service

Attorneys

Brandon Kelly
Benjamin Noah Gutman — Oregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Benjamin Noah Gutman — Oregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Rex Duane Stephenson
Nell I. Brown — Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon, Petitioner
Nell I. Brown — Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon, Petitioner