| 20-6598 |
Stephen Frederick Baker, Jr. v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-12-10 |
Denied |
civil-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-tolling guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling |
| 20-6283 |
Robert Brownlee v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
Whether trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective |
| 20-6018 |
Win Min Htut v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights counsel-performance criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining |
Can a defendant intelligently, knowingly, and voluntarily waive his right to challenge the effectiveness of his counsel by signing a guilty plea? |
| 20-5527 |
Mark Benton v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254 aedpa attorney-abandonment capital-cases circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus |
When this Court issued Holland v. Florida, 130 S.ct. 2549 (2010), decision, was the intent to apply it to Capital cases only for purposes of Attorney … |
| 19-8346 |
Naeem Jones v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-04-23 |
Denied |
actual-innocence constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-prisoner strickland-standard |
Does a freestanding claim of actual innocence stand a basis of relief for a state prisoner in the context of a federal habeas proceeding? |
| 19-6978 |
Isaac Naranjo v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurists-of-reason merits notice-of-charges post-conviction-review procedural-default |
Whether to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right a habeas applicant for a C.O.A. need not show that he will prevail on th… |
| 19-6391 |
Robert Chin v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-25 |
Denied |
conspiracy criminal-intent criminal-law due-process homicide malicious-act mens-rea third-degree-murder unintended-consequence unintentional-act |
Is the due process clause offended where a criminal defendant is found guilty of conspiracy to commit third degree murder, which is a homicide that oc… |
| 19-6030 |
Craig Elias v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-09-23 |
Denied |
constitutional-claim due-process evidence evidence-promise ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-remedy sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel |
Does Strickland apply to ineffectiveness claims vis-a-vis trial counsel's broken promise to produce evidence? |
| 19-6001 |
Gregory Leroy Packer v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-duty counsel-representation court-docket court-procedure diligence diligence-appeal due-process legal-diligence pennsylvania-statute prejudicial-delay related-case-law standing statutory-interpretation unprecedent-case |
Were the appellate courts' rulings unprecedented for this case? |
| 18-8176 |
Anthony James Brightwell, Jr. v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-error sixth-amendment |
Was the petitioner's guilty plea knowingly and intelligently made? |
| 18-6258 |
Steven Lazar v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
aedpa aedpa-standard confession confession-voluntariness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-adjudication reliability standard-of-review third-circuit-review voluntariness |
Did not the Pennsylvania state courts and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals convolute the difference between a confession's voluntariness and its rel… |