No. 21-6897
Ramon Torres Ruelas v. Troy Bowser, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: child-sex-case child-sex-crimes credibility-of-witnesses criminal-defense evidentiary-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lack-of-admissions lack-of-eyewitness-testimony lack-of-physical-evidence trial-strategy witness-credibility
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether trial counsel need not investigate witnesses with critical information relating to the putative victims' credibility in a child sex case where there was no physical evidence, no incriminating eye-witnesses observations, and no admissions?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether it is an unreasonable determination of the facts and the law to conclude that trial counsel need not investigate witnesses with critical information relating to the putative victims’ credibility in a child sex case where there was no physical evidence, no incriminating eye-witnesses observations, and no admissions? 3
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-21
Waiver of right of respondent Troy Bowser to respond filed.
2022-01-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2022)
Attorneys
Ramon Torres Ruelas
T. J. Hester — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
T. J. Hester — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Troy Bowser
Benjamin Noah Gutman — Oregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Benjamin Noah Gutman — Oregon Department of Justice, Respondent