No. 22-5834

Jose A. Torres v. Lisa Mitchell, Superintendent, Old Colony Correctional Center, et al.

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2022-10-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: appellate-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions legal-relief procedural-review standard-of-review trial-error
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-04-21 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Torres was entitled to relief or an evidentiary hearing on his claim of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED | 1) WHETHER MR. TORRES WAS ENTITLED TO RELIEF OR IN THE | ALTERNATIVE AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING, ON HIS CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, WHERE THE COUNSEL FAILED TO OBJECT TO VITAL AND IMPORTANT JURY INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE CRITICAL TO THE JURY’S DECISION TO FIND MR. TORRES GUILTY? a 2) WHETHER THE COURT ERROR IN DENYING MR. TORRES’ HABEAS ~ CORPUS PETITION? | . | | : . — .

Docket Entries

2023-04-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-04-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
2023-01-06
2022-12-12
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
2022-11-11
Waiver of right of respondent Lisa Mitchell, Superintendent, et al. to respond filed.
2022-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Jose A. Torres
Jose A. Torres — Petitioner
Jose A. Torres — Petitioner
Lisa Mitchell, Superintendent
Todd Michael BlumeOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent
Todd Michael BlumeOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent