Demetrius J. Wade v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Was petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment rights violated when police tampered with evidence and removed bullet fragments recovered from the victim at his autopsy, and failed to submit them to the forensic scientist for comparison against bullets test fired from the alleged murder weapon?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Claim # 1 on instant Writ of Certiorari. Was issue # 1 on application for Certificate of Appealability; Was claim # 1 on §:2254 . Writ of:Habeas Corpus. (1).Was petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment Rights violated when police tampered with evidence and removed bullet fragments recovered from the victim at his autopsy,and failed to submit them to the forensic scientist for comparison against. bullets:test fired from the alleged murder weapon? “Claim # 2 on instant Writ of Certiorari. Was issue # 2 on application for Certificate of Appealabilityy Was claim # 2-b on § 2254 Writ of Habeas Corpus. (2).Was petitioner prejudiced after his trial counsel was ruled to be deficient in this claim for failing to investigate the missing bulletcfragments that were removed from the victim and submitted to police; but police " tampered with evidence, and did not submit all the fragments to the forensic scientist for testing? ; Claim # 3 on the instant Writ of Certiorard. Was issue # 3 on application for Certificate of Appealability. Was claim # 2-d on § 2254 Writ of Habeas Corpus. (3).Was petitioner prejudiced after his trial counsel was ruled to be déficient in this claim for providing him with incorrect information when he first negotiated and presented him with a potential plea that had limited time to accept restrictions? Claim # 4 on the instant Writ of Certiorarii Was issue # 4~on application for Certificate of Appealability. Was claim # 2-e on § 2254 Writ of Habeas Corpus. (4).Was petitioner prejudiced after his trial counsel was ruled to be deficient in this claim for advising petitioner,while coercing him’ to take a plea, that upon a conviction of 4 murders, that he.would be punished for 4 murders,although there was only 2 victims? -H