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