No. 21-431

Grant Lloyd Greenwood v. Minnesota

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2021-09-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-10-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of appellate counsel, and Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, are violated

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented by this petition is whether a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of appellate counsel, and Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, are violated when: 1. A prosecutor requests a jury instruction that omits an essential element of the crime charged; 2. The prosecutor argues in summation for a conviction consistent with the omission of the essential element of the crime charged; 3. The trial court provides a jury instruction that omits the essential element of the crime charged; 4. The defendant’s trial counsel fails to object to any of the foregoing; 5. The defendant is convicted of the crime charged; and 6. The defendant’s appellate counsel on direct appeal fails to raise the issue as a basis for reversal on the defendant’s behalf.

Docket Entries

2021-11-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-10-04
Waiver of right of respondent State of Minnesota to respond filed.
2021-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2021)

Attorneys

State of Minnesota
Kelsey Rae KelleyAnoka County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Kelsey Rae KelleyAnoka County Attorney's Office, Respondent