John Ross Stenberg v. Don Langford, Warden
DueProcess CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus
Whether the District Court erred in denying suppression of statements and finding ineffective assistance of counsel claims without merit when constitutional rights may have been violated
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ~ ‘ 1. Did the United States District Court for the District of Kansas err when it failed to find in Mr. ; . Stenberg's favor regarding the suppression issue of his written and oral statements to Law Enforcement when Law Enforcement overbore Mr. Stenberg's will by misrepresenting the law and the evidence against him, using implied promises and implicit threats, and using the trust Mr. ; Stenberg had in the Law Enforcement officer conducting the interview, against him in order to coerce an involuntary, false confession from Mr. Stenberg, thus violating Mr. Stenberg's Fifth and Fourteenth U.S Constitutional Amendment Rights. : 2. Did the United Stattes District Court for the District_of Kansas err when it found Mr. . Stenberg was effectively represented by his trial counsel even though trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to contact potential defense witnesses, failing to : consult an expert witness, failing to perform any form of investigation of the alleged crimes, failing to perform certain functions, failing to prepare Mr. Stenberg to testify on his own behalf, failing to have any viable form of trial strategy or defense, and failing to put the state to adversarial testing, thus violating Mr. Stenberg's Sixth and Fourteenth U.S Constitutional Amendment Rights. x . aN ;