No. 18-5053
Andres A. Lopez-Martinez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-right criminal-procedure defense-presentation due-process harmless-error judicial-review police-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense structural-error
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the denial of a defendant's constitutional right to present a defense should be considered structural error that is not subject to harmless error review
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether it is time to revisit the harmless error standard when a defendant is deprived of his constitutional right to present a defense. . i
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2018-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 30, 2018)
Attorneys
Andres Lopez-Martinez
James Wesley Bryant — Federal Defender Program, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent