No. 21-5971

Adrian Torres v. Warren Montgomery, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-trial cumulative-error doyle-error due-process evidence-exclusion ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct ptsd right-to-present-defense
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-11-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to investigate and present a PTSD expert; whether the prosecutor committed misconduct by falsely arguing that the defendant testified inconsistently with what he told the police; whether the trial court deprived the defendant of his right to present a complete defense by excluding evidence that an accuser subsequently possessed a gun; whether the cumulative effect of the errors denied the defendant due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED .022-01 CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS INVOLVED .2 THE COURT OF APPEAL CASE FACTS .4 REASONS TO GRANT CERTIORARI .18 I. TRIAL COUNSEL RENDERED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE BY FAILING TO INVESTIGATE AND PRESENT A PTSD EXPERT; AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING WAS REQUIRED .18 II. BECAUSE TORRES NEVER TALKED TO THE POLICE, THE PROSECUTOR COMMITTED MISCONDUCT BY FALSELY AND PREJUDICIALLY ARGUING THAT TORRES TESTIFIED INCONSISTENTLY WITH WHAT HE TOLD THE A. The Prosecutor Referred to All Three Defendants . 0.0 cee eee eee ee LT B. Doyle Error . 0.00. cee eee ee 18 Il. BY EXCLUDING EVIDENCE THAT AN ACCUSER SUBSEQUENTLY POSSESSED A GUN, THE TRIAL COURT DEPRIVED TORRES HIS RIGHT TO il IV. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THE ERRORS MADE TORRES’ CONVICTION A DENIAL OF DUE

Docket Entries

2021-11-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
2021-10-15
Waiver of right of respondent Warren Montgomery to respond filed.
2021-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Adrian Torres
Rose Fay ArfaFay Arfa, A Law Corporation, Petitioner
Warren Montgomery
Jill M. ThayerCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent