Mentus v. Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Adam Mentus v. Civil No. 12-cv-447-JD Opinion No.

2014 DNH 119

Warden, New Hampshire State Prison O R D E R Adam Mentus, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition, Mentus challenged his state court manslaughter conviction on the grounds that the state court violated his Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights by failing to authorize the full amount he requested to hire a gun expert and that the prosecutor’s closing argument violated his right to a fair trial…