William Menter v. New Jersey

.................................................................... i Parties to the Proceeding.........................................................................................................ii Corporate Disclosure................................................................................................................ ii Related Cases.............................................................................................................................ii Table of Appendix..................................................................................................................... iii Table of Authorities.................................................................................................................. iv Opinions and Orders Below..................................................................................................... 1 Jurisdictions............................................................................................................................... 2 Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Involved............................................................ 2 Statement of the Case...............................................................................................................3 Background..................................................................................................................... 3 Procedural History..................................................................................................... 3 Reasons for Granting the Writ............................................................................................... 7 A) Whether the state court's decision on Appellant’s Illegal Sentence claims contrary to State v. Yarbough, 100 N.J. 627 (1985) whether the Appellant’s rights to due process were violated by this decision?.................................................................................7 B) Whether the state court’s decision was contrary to Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) and United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (1984) and whether the Appellant’s rights were violated by the decisions?.............................................................................. 13 Conclusion................................................................................................................................ 17