No. 25-5157

Juan T. Tyler v. Luis Martinez, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: attempted-murder due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions premeditation prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecution proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the shooter premeditated and deliberated an attempted murder, and whether the trial court deprived the defendant of due process by failing to provide lesser included offense instructions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. Did the Prosecution Proved Beyond a Reasonable Doubt that the Shooter Premeditated and Deliberated an Attempted Murder? II. Did the Trial Court Deprive Tyler of Due Process and a Fair Trial by Failing to Instruct with the Lesser Included Offense of Attempted Voluntary Manslaughter? III. Did the Prosecutor Commit Prejudicial Misconduc t During Closing Argument; Did Trial and Appellate Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance? IV. Did Trial and Appellate Counsel Render Ineffecti ve Assistance (Claims I-III)? V. Did the Cumulative Effect of the Errors in Claims I Deprive Tyler of Due Process and a Fair Trial? VI. Did the Trial Court Err by Failing to Sua Sponte Instruct the Jury on the Affirmative Defense of Others? i TOPICAL INDEX Page QUESTIONS PRESENTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i OPINION BELOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 JURISDICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS INVOLVED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-30
Waiver of Luis Martinez of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-30
Waiver of right of respondent Luis Martinez to respond filed.
2025-05-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 20, 2025)

Attorneys

Juan Tyler
Rose Fay ArfaFay Arfa, A Law Corporation, Petitioner
Luis Martinez
Kenneth Charles ByrneCalifornia Attorney General, Respondent