No. 21-7940

Jason P. Thomas v. Morris Houser, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Benner Township, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2022-05-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure double-jeopardy evidentiary-hearing fabricated-evidence ineffective-assistance jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court erred in disposing of Petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel surrounding the failure to litigate a valid double jeopardy violation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED SS 1. Whether: the District Court, without holding an evidentiary hearing erred in disposing of Petitioner’s trial icounsel’s ineffectiveness surrounding the failure to litigate a valid double jeopardy violation when Petitioner presented exculpatory evidence suggesting the State fabricated the venire panel sheet? IL. Whether the District Court erred when it determined that Petitioner was not prej udiced by trial counsel’s failure to object to a faulty jury instruction on the charge of second-degree murder when in fact a second-degree murder conviction would have resulted in a lesser sentence? t . ? . . } ; ; .

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Jason P. Thomas
Jason P. Thomas — Petitioner