Legal Opinion

Burns v. Shinn

District Court, D. Arizona

Decided April 19, 2021No. 4:19-cv-00262Unknown

1Opinion

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Chadwick Burns, No. CV-19-00262-TUC-SHR (EJM) 10 Petitioner, ORDER 11 v. 12 Charles L Ryan, et al., 13 Respondents. 14 15 Petitioner Chadwick Burns filed a pro se Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 16 (“PWHC”) pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

on May 6, 2019. (Doc. 1).1 Petitioner raises four 17 grounds for relief with several sub claims: (1)(a) the trial court failed to sua sponte give a 18 Willits instruction2 where evidence had been lost or destroyed, and (1)(b) trial counsel was 19 ineffective for failing to…

2Cases cited69 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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