No. 24-7378

Margarita Leanos v. Allen Dills, Warden

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2025-06-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-counsel constitutional-challenge discriminatory-evidence gang-membership ineffective-assistance witness-testimony
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether appellate counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to challenge the admission of discriminatory gang membership evidence through a state witness without foundation or personal knowledge

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I WAS IT INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF ecu NSCLQF APPELLATE COUNSELS FAlLUP-ETO ARetlETHAT TRIAL COUNSEL WA5 INEFFECTIVE FOR. FAIUNEiTD AF6UE THE ADMISSION OF DISCFl MIAJATORV EVIDENCE OF DEFENDANTS AU£6ED &AN6 MEMBERSHIP OB ASSOCIATION vlA TESTII^ON)/OF STATES WITNESS, JOE AMERUNa WITHOUTANV FOUNDATION OR PERSONAL RNPWLED6F?FALSE

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-02-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 7, 2025)

Attorneys

Margarita Leanos
Margarita Leanos — Petitioner