No. 20-8248

Richard W. Williams v. Sherie Korneman, Warden

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance fourteenth-amendment further-proceedings ineffective-assistance public-defender sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does having biased jurors on a jury panel, one of which stated during voir dire questioning, 'murder is murder. I don't believe there's a defense for murder,' violate a defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due-process, effective-assistance, certificate-of-appealability, further-proceedings

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED... <7" , 1) Does having biased jurors on a jury panel, one of. which stated during ae voir dire questioning, "murder is murder. I don't believe there's a defense for murder," violate a defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and effective assistance, that would give cause for issuance of a Certificate of Appealability and encouragement for further proceedings? 2) Does being deprived of conflict-free and effective assistance at all critical stages, because counsel of the Missouri Public Defender's Office appointed to represent the defendant labored under the weight of too many cases, which the state supreme court concedes inevitably creates a conflict ' of interest, violate a defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and effective assistance, that would give cause for issuance of a Certificate of Appealability and encouragement for further proceedings?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-05-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Richard W. Williams
Richard W. Williams — Petitioner
Richard W. Williams — Petitioner