No. 21-160

Justin M. Corliss v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability ex-post-facto false-testimony habeas jury-instruction prosecutorial-misconduct state-court time-barred-charges
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the applications for certificates of appealability were improperly denied

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the applications for certificates of appealability were improperly denied when the issues presented plainly meet the standards articulated by this Court, in Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 2000, as fairminded jurists would debate whether Petitioner's conviction did not come about through: (1) the unauthorized revival of time-barred charges that violates ex post facto prohibitions, (2) a constructively amended jury instruction that resulted in violent felony convictions based on misdemeanor conduct, and (3) the prosecution's knowing use of false testimony and deliberate omission of facts that conflict with the testimony proffered. a i

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-07-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 3, 2021)

Attorneys

Justin M. Corliss
Justin Corliss — Petitioner
Justin Corliss — Petitioner