| 21-6562 |
Francis Timothy Plaza v. Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-12-08 |
Denied |
case-progress civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing judicial-precedent precedent prisoner-rights procedural-fairness state-court |
Was it an unreasonable application of this court's precedent to rule that equitable tolling should not apply to the petitioner's case where the state … |
| 20-988 |
Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. v. Aaron Edmunds Tyson |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-25 |
Denied |
accomplice-liability aedpa aedpa-review benefit-of-the-doubt cullen-v-pinholster due-process habeas-corpus jury-instructions standard-of-review |
Whether the review required under AEDPA § 2254 and Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S. 170 (2011) is violated by reliance upon a 'some ambiguity' standard … |
| 19-8446 |
Anthony S. Twitty v. Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions pcra-statute reasonable-doubt |
Was the Petitioner denied the right to a fair trial, due to hypothetical-jury, jury-instruction, ineffective-assistance-of-counsel, reasonable-doubt |
| 19-7175 |
Curry Robinson v. Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment alibi alibi-claim federal-review fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance procedural-bar sixth-amendment |
Whether the federal question of ineffective assistance of trial counsel as the preserved claim of an alibi was vague and/or unexhausted thereby proced… |