Jimmy Ray Lacy, Jr. v. Chandler Cheeks
DueProcess
Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied a fair trial under the fourteenth amendment
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied a fair trial under the fourteenth amendment when a key state witness misled the jury as to the benefits received and expected in exchange for his testimony ? IL.’ Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied his sixth amendment right to counsel when the Genesee County Prosecutors office used a jailhouse informant to circumvent that right ? ILI. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied due process under Brady v. Maryland when the prosecution withheld material and exculpatory evidence pertaining to jailhouse informant Reginald Davidson ? IV. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. rights violated to a fair trial from multiple instances of prosecutorial misconduct ? V. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel as both a substantive claim and as a defense to claim of procedural default ? : VI. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. entitled to an evidentiary hearing as to counsels performance and the extent of jailhouse informant 7 Reginald Davidson's relationship with the Genesee County Prosecutor's office in this case ? VII. Was petitioner Lacy denied his sixth amend. right to the effective assistance of counsel under this court's precedent of Massiah v United States, 377 U.S. 201 (1964) and did the Sixth Circuit Court as well as the Court Of Appeals fail to apply the appropriate standard, when reviewing petitioner's Massiah claim which involved the use of information from an informant acting as an agent for the state.