No. 20-7035
Rondell Slaughter v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al.
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 Stiegler — Law Office of Matthew Stiegler, Petitioner
Tammy Ferguson, et al.
Nancy Winkelman — District Attorney's Office, Respondent