Vincent Alonzo Corson v. Texas
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Whether a state court judgment that is constitutionally infirm due to lack of a full and fair hearing should be given preclusive effect
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : 1. If a State Post-Conviction proceeding is conducted in a manner that does not afford an Applicant a full & fair hearing~Due Process—leaving the Court's judgement Constitutionally infirm, should that State Court still be entitled to give such a judgement preclusive effect to be used to bar the Applicant from relitigating his cause. 2. Pursuant to the McCleskey Abuse of Writ Doctrine, should the Cause & Prejudice Carrier standard be made applicable to State Court proceedings, modified to allow subsequent State applications. , 3. Pursuant to the Carrier standard, should this standard be sufficient to prevent a State from refusing to consider subsequent applications. 4, Pursuant to the Carrier standard, should State &/or Judicial misconduct that rises to the level of depriving an applicant of Due Process of Law during a habeas corpus hearing, constitute Cause. 5. Pursuant to the Carrier standard, should any conduct during a habeas corpus hearing that deprives an applicant of Due Process of Law Constitute Cause. 6. Should whatever remedy this Court permits be made retroactive to the States. 7. Where there is no appeal, nor an opportunity available for further consideration of the issues on the merits, should the principles of Res Judicata apply to the State Court's * judgement. 8. Where there is no federal remedy to a Constitutionally infirm Stete Court judgement a : . “Y decided efter the federal Court has lest its jurisdiction, pretaining to a federal Constitutional lau, what remedy is available for the applicant. " * Certiorari Pg III _