No. 22-6726

Terrence Lowell Hyman v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: capital-murder-trial constitutional-violation criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process falsified-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington
Latest Conference: 2023-03-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a criminal defense lawyer renders ineffective assistance of counsel under this Court's holding in Strickland v. Washington when she intentionally presents falsified evidence in front of the jury during her client's capital murder trial; and

2. Whether a federal court should turn a blind eye to a clear and egregious constitutional violation that is readily apparent from the record due to an unnecessarily strict application of procedural rules.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defense lawyer renders ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington when she intentionally presents falsified evidence

Docket Entries

2023-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-02-24
Waiver of right of respondent Eddie Buffaloe to respond filed.
2023-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 10, 2023)
2022-11-28
Application (22A462) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 5, 2023.
2022-11-22
Application (22A462) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 7, 2022 to February 5, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Eddie Buffaloe
Nicholaos George VlahosNorth Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent
Terrence Hyman
Kristen Lindsay ToddNorth Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc., Petitioner