No. 21-6138

Armando B. Cortinas, Jr. v. Jo Gentry, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: Brecht-v-Abrahamson confession constitutional-error federal-habeas federal-review felony-murder habeas-corpus harmless-error premeditation-and-deliberation section-2254 state-court-decision
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

Should the Court hold this petition pending disposition of Brown v. Davenport, No. 20-826, which will likely address how 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) and Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619 (1993), apply when a state court finds a federal constitutional error to be harmless?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the state court's harmless error determination was unreasonable under 28-U.S.C-2254(d)(1)-and-(2)

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-10-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Armando B. Cortinas, Jr.
Jeremy BaronFederal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner