William J. Kemp v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al.
DueProcess CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether the prosecutor's actions and trial court's instructions violated due process and warrant independent habeas review under Griffin v. California and Miranda v. Arizona
No question identified. : This Petition for Writ of Certiorari prays for this Honorable court to review the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and . determine if habeas relief or remand is appropriate after examination of the i . following six questions and those fairly included therein: © 1. Does a trial court's invalid jury 4nstructions or 4 prosecutor's violations ; of Federal Due Process, as were identified here by the Circuit Court, / : warrant habeas relief either independently oF when combined with the . / . ; ‘failures of counsel to act upon those violations? / : 2. Do counsel's failures, at both trial and state collateral proceedings, to * address the trial court errors or prosecutor's violations of Due Process : ; under both Federal and State laws, not only excuse the procedural default : | which was found here by the District Court, but also create, an independent : Federal Sixth Amendment violation warrant ing, analysis and relief? oe . . . 3. Is a reviewing court in a position to fully and properly examine the . ; . oo : ~ paxmful or prejudicial effects of such Due Process and Ineffective oS Assistance of Coumsel violations without the penefit of any merits analysis oO conducted or “passed on’ by a prior court, and without the complete : transcripts of the trial, after 4 certification and briefing directed to ; review only @ procedural default ‘yuling, as is the case here? . : 4, Does a reviewing court disregard this Honorable Court's holdings in Sullivan vLovisiana, 508 U.S. 275 (1993) and thereby violate the sixth ay . + Amendment's jury trial guarantee when it substitutes itself for the jury's deliberative process after having, determined some of the jury instructions, prosecutor comments and witness testimony were impermissible and , uncorrected? : ; page ii : : 5. In cases where violative jury instructions, prosecutorial comments, and testimony were erroneously provided to the jury without curative | ; “instruction, does Federal gule of Evidence 606 (b) which prohibits inquiry ~ : into any juror's mental processes or deliberations, preclude any meaningful . determination on review as to the extent of harm or prejudice caused by : such violations, rendering those errors and violations essentially . “structural” for the purpose of analysis under such circumstances? . 6. Is a reviewing court permitted to forego “harmful error" analysis according % to this Honorable Court's directions held in Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. . . 619 (1993) regarding the types of Fifth Amendment Due Process violations . . described in Doyle vOhio, 426 U.S. 610 (1976) and instead choose to favor ~ . only the Sixth Amendment analysis of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 ; (1984) and: ; . oS , a) If so, does such Ineffective Assistance of Counsel analysis for . : : prejudice allow the reviewing Court to forego consideration of , i ‘ relevant state laws? . ; b) If ‘not, which party carries the burden and what is the standard of . proof in cases where both Fifth Amendment Due Process and Sixth Amendment Ineffective Assistance of Counsel violations have occurred? a : Page ili + * ceed : |