No. 21-5377

Alexander Ascencio v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence watson-v-state
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-10-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court denied petitioner due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . : : WHETHER THE LOWER COURT DENIED PETITIONER DUE PROCESS,WHEN THE COURT DID NOT CONSIDERED THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE ON THIS CASE WHICH WAS A CRUCIAL ISSUE IN THE PRESENT CASE? The lower courts claims that the sufficiency ; of the evidence are not cognizable on a habe. aS corpus proceeding. This claim goes against . the Watson v State ruling which ruled that / the only standard the reviewing courts should used when considering the sufficiency of the evidence was Jackson v virginia even on a hahbeas corpus oroceeding. II “WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AS GUARANTEED UNDER THE : ARTICLE I! SECTION 10 OF TEXAS CONSTITUTION i AND UNDER THE SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, BECAUSE THE LOWER COURTS IMPROPERLY APPLIED THE STARICKLAND V WASHINGTON STANDARD ON THIS CASE AT BAR? ee ‘ . .

Docket Entries

2021-10-18
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
2021-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Alexander Ascencio
Alexander Ascencio — Petitioner
Alexander Ascencio — Petitioner