No. 20-6959

Mason Somers v. Jay Forshey, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process ineffective-assistance jail-recordings pre-trial-discovery right-to-counsel trial-counsel
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-02-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether trial counsel was ineffective for providing discoverable information to his client prior to receiving discovery from the government, resulting in the government using the client's recorded statements about those facts against him at trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : B. The Ohio Supreme Court's entry declining to exercise its discretionary jurisdiction to hear Petitioner's appeal from the March 6, 201° decision. State v. Somers, 156 Ohio St.3d 1464, 2019-Ohi0-2892, 2019 LEXIS 1472, 126 N.E.3d 1169 (July 23, 27019) is attached as

Docket Entries

2021-03-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
2021-02-04
Waiver of right of respondent Jay Forshey to respond filed.
2020-12-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Jay Forshey
Benjamin Michael FlowersOhio Attorney General Dave Yost, Respondent
Benjamin Michael FlowersOhio Attorney General Dave Yost, Respondent
Mason Somers
Mason Somers — Petitioner
Mason Somers — Petitioner