No. 21-6258

Ramiro Romero v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: andrus-v-texas appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation strickland strickland-standard
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-01-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an attorney's failure to interview a defendant's requested witnesses due to a mistaken assumption of adversity constitutes a deficient investigation under Strickland,

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED When an attorney currails her investigation and fails to Ihter view a defendants requested witnesses because the attorney bustakenly assumed the witnesses were adverse to the detendaty is the atterney’s /nvestigation Aeticient warranting & hare analy sis Under Strick lana? Should the Court of Appeals hare Considered the United Stutes Supreme Court Aeti's/on, Andrus V Texas when evaluating , Ape? Mant tlain ther his attrney provided inet tective assiStance of Counsel by Fa: ling to pertorm a thorough investigation? Whether the isswes presented belw were resolved correctly, that IS; in attordante with the applicable law

Docket Entries

2022-01-18
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
2021-06-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2021)

Attorneys

Romero Ramiro
Ramiro Romero — Petitioner