No. 21-8119

Waymon J. Stepherson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment brady-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-against-self-incrimination self-incrimination voir-dire
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment FourthAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred and abused its discretion in not finding petitioner was deprived of his 5th and 14th amendment rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

ISSUES PRESENTED 1. Whether Or Not The Lower Court: Erred And Abused Its Discretion In NOT. Finding Petitioner Was Deprived Of His 5th And 14th Amendment Rights When The Trial Court Misguoted .and. Misapplied The "5th AMENDMENT RIGHT AGAINST To Petitioner's Detriment, And In Conflict With This Court's And Other Court Of Appeals Precedent. : 2. Whether Or Not The Lower Court Erred And Abused Its Discretion In NOT Finding The "VOIR DIRE" Proceedings Were. So Tainted As To Deprive Petitioner Of His Right To A Fair And Impartial Adjudicator, And By Extension, His Right To A Fair And Impartial Trial, When Its Ruling Was A Far Departure From This Court's Accepted And Usual Course Of Action. Governing VOIR DIRE Proceedings. . 3... Whether Or Not The Lower Court's Ruling On Petitioner's : _ Claim “Of “INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL" Conflicts With This Court's. And Other Court Of Appeals Precedent, And Has .So Far Departed From The Accepted And Usual Course Of Judicial Proceedings Governing I.A.C. Claims, As To Warrant This Court's Exercist Of Its Supervisory Power To Correct The Error. : : _ 4. Whether OrNot The Lower Court Erred And Abused Its Discretion in NOT Finding A Breach Of Petitioner's : "BRADY RIGHTS", When The Non-Disclosed And Non-Produced Evidence Was "MATERIAL" And Deprived Petitioner Of His Right To A Fair And Impartial Trial, In Conflict With: Precedent From This Court And Other Courts Of Appeal. ii .

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 11, 2022)
2022-03-22
Application (21A532) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 5, 2022.
2022-03-14
Application (21A532) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 6, 2022 to June 5, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Waymon Stepherson
Waymon J. Stepherson — Petitioner