No. 25-5653

Oren Lewis v. Brand Huffman, Superintendent, South Mississippi Correctional Institution

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance juror-bias trial-counsel
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant was deprived of a fair trial due to juror concealment of relationships and ineffective assistance of counsel's failure to investigate and utilize exculpatory evidence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. If PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF A FAIR TRIAL BEFORE AN IMPARTIAL JURY BECAUSE A JUROR CONCEALED RELEVENT INFORMATION ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DEFENDANT AND THE MOTHER OF THE VICTIM, THE LATTER BEING A CRITICAL WITNESS FOR THE STATE AT TRIAL. 2. IF TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN FAILING TO RESEARCH APPLICABLE LAW AND TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE AGAINST LEWIS AND TO UTILIZE READILY AVAILABLE EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE. 3. IF TRIAL COUNSEL INEFFECTIVELY FAILED TO USE TO COURT EXPERT TEsTIMONY FOR DIRECT OR CROSS-EXAMINATION

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-08
Waiver of right of respondent Brand Huffman to respond filed.
2025-07-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 16, 2025)

Attorneys

Brand Huffman
Erin Elizabeth RutherfordMississippi Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Erin Elizabeth RutherfordMississippi Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Oren Lewis
Cynthia A. StewartCynthia A. Stewart, Attorney, P.A., Petitioner
Cynthia A. StewartCynthia A. Stewart, Attorney, P.A., Petitioner