No. 22-5976

Ricky Pendleton v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2022-11-04
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constructive-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction malicious-assault robbery sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-12-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED. o "5 mo 1,5” ‘Under ‘the Constructive. Amendment, any, substantial amendment, direct.or Cos indirect, of an indictment must be resubmitted to the grand jury. Pendleton newly ©; ; . discovered ineffectiveness by trial. counsel's failure to object that the lower ‘. : ; : court's instructions to the .petit jury on three substantial elements such as ; Se Couceal, Enticement, and Entice Away, which were not alleged in -the So : os ‘. indictment for Kidnapping. Does this violate Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the — ns U.S. Constitution? § ~ me . .;.'... 2... Under the Malicious Assault ‘statute, W.Va. Code §61-2-9(a) states, in part: , ae any person maliciously shoot, ‘stab, cut-or wound any person, or by any means ; ; . cause him bodily injury with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill. Pendleton a : . -" newly discovered. ineffectiveness by ‘trial counsel's failure to object that the. ' . indictment had wrongfully alleged ["with the intent to cause bddily injury"]. Does : this violate Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution? = — . 3. Under West Virginia Common Jaw definition of robbery is: the unlawful taking . , and carrying away, of money.or goods, from the person of another or in his ° a : ‘ presence,-by force or putting him in fear, with intent to steal the money or goods. ; ; Pendleton's indictment ‘alleged the surplusage: "did violently steal" pursuant to a, : ; West Virginia Code §62-9-6. Does this violate clearly established federal law in s : . U.S. v. Russell, 369 U.S. 749? oe ae : ; 4,. ° ‘Under Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299 (1932), to determine there are. ; _ two offenses or only one, each provision requires proof of a fact the other does oo. : _ +: not. Charges of robbery and larceny, Pendleton's indictment failed to allege two oo . additional elements: that the taking has been from the person of another or in his : oO “presence; and that the taking is by force or putting the person in fear; separating : tobbery from larceny. Does this violates the Blockburger test? 4 ;

Docket Entries

2022-12-12
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2022-11-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
2022-11-16
Waiver of right of respondent Donnie Ames to respond filed.
2022-10-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 5, 2022)

Attorneys

Donnie Ames
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Ricky V. Pendleton
Ricky Vincent Pendleton — Petitioner
Ricky Vincent Pendleton — Petitioner