No. 20-7035

Rondell Slaughter v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-counsel criminal-procedure error exhaustion ineffective-assistance legal-concession oral-argument procedural-exhaustion state-court state-court-pleading
Latest Conference: 2021-03-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is exhausted when the state-court pleading asserted that appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to an error.

II. Whether a court of appeals is bound by a mistaken concession on a legal issue by the petitioner's counsel at oral argument.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is exhausted when the state-court pleading asserted that appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to an error

Docket Entries

2021-03-29
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-03-08
Waiver of right of respondent Tammy Ferguson, et al. to respond filed.
2021-01-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Rondell Slaughter
Matthew StieglerLaw Office of Matthew Stiegler, Petitioner
Tammy Ferguson, et al.
Nancy WinkelmanDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent