No. 21-7481

Timothy K. Prince v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2022-03-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias michigan-supreme-court neglected-issues pecuniary-interest procedural-default trial-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-05-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Michigan Supreme Court err in refusing to review claims of judicial bias, ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW , I. Did the Michigan Supreme Court err by refusing to review this claim where a judge must disqualify itself where it is actually biased or where the possibility of actual bias is too high to be constitutionally tolerated because of a pecuniary interest? ; II. Did the Michigan Supreme Court err by refusing to review the lower court opinion where Petitioner was denied his right to the effective assistance of trial counsel when counsel failed to object to Petitioner being sentenced under a statute that clearly creates a pecuniary interest for the judge in the outcome of the proceeding? HI. Did the Michigan Supreme Court err by refusing to review the lower court opinion where Petitioner was denied the effective assistance of counsel on his appeal when counsel neglected strong and critical issues which must be seen as significant and obvious, and because of ineffective assistance of counsel, for failing to raise the within issues, should any procedural defaults be overcome? F

Docket Entries

2022-05-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
2022-02-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 27, 2022)

Attorneys

Timothy K. Prince
Timothy K. Prince — Petitioner
Timothy K. Prince — Petitioner