No. 24-6105

Ryan Lewis Hilyard v. Wyoming

Lower Court: Wyoming
Docketed: 2024-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence fourteenth-amendment procedural-default strickland-standard
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Wyoming Supreme Court apply federal rules of evidence correctly and deny Mr. Hilyard's Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. DID THE WYOMING SUPREME COURT APPLY AND FOLLOW FEDERAL : RULES OF EVIDENCE CORRECTLY? Il. WAS THE WYOMING SUPREME COURT’S DECISION ARBITRARY, CAPRICIOUS, OR OTHERWISE NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW? II. WAS MR. HILYARD DENIED HIS FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL ON APPEAL ... NO STATE SHALL MAKE OF ENFORCE ANY LAW WHICH SHALL ... DENY TO ANY PERSON WITHIN [ITS] JURISDICTION THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS? : IV. DOES © STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON REQUIRE — FURTHER INTERPRETATION AS WYOMING HAS IMPLIED BY RELYING ON SCHREIBVOGEL V. STATE, A WYOMING DECISION AS OPPOSED TO A U.S.S.C. DECISION? Vv. DO THE NATRONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT AND/OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF WYOMING HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO OVERTURN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT IN BUCK V. DAVIS, 137 S.CT. 759 (2017); TREVINO V. THALER, 133 S.CT. 1911 (2013); AND MARTINEZ V. RYAN, 566 U.S. 1 (2012); WHERE THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED THAT A PROCEDURAL DEFAULT WOULD NOT BAR A CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL; WHEN COLLATERAL PROCEEDING WAS THE FIRST PLACE TO CHALLENGE A CONVICTION ON THE GROUND OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE? Page ii of 43 ;

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-12
Waiver of The State of Wyoming of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-12
Waiver of right of respondent The State of Wyoming to respond filed.
2024-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2025)

Attorneys

Ryan L. Hilyard
Ryan Lewis Hilyard — Petitioner
Ryan Lewis Hilyard — Petitioner
The State of Wyoming
Jenny Lynn CraigOffice of the Wyoming Attorney General, Respondent
Jenny Lynn CraigOffice of the Wyoming Attorney General, Respondent