No. 18-5459

Zachary David Warnell v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2018-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeal appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure douglas-v-california due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection evitts-v-lucey ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation right-to-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a state deny a criminal defendant the constitutional right to appeal with the effective assistance of counsel?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED CAN A STATE, SUCH AS THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH HAS AN ESTABLISHED SYSTEM OF APPEAL WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE OF APPELLATE COUNSEL WITH AN ADEQUATE RECORD FOREGO THIS REQUIREMENT AND FORCE THE PETITIONER TO PROCEED, PRO SE ON HIS ONE AND ONLY DIRECT APPEAL? KEK KKRREEKE GROUND PETITIONER ARGUED TO THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS WHICH WAS DENIED WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDER APPLICANT IS ILLEGALLY RESTRAINED HAVING BEEN DENIED THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO APPEAL WITH THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL. THIS VIOLATED APPLICANT'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL, AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW, AS GUARANTEED BY AMENDMENTS 6 AND 14 TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. See Douglas v California, 372 U.S. 353 (1963); Evitts v Lucey. 105 S.Ct. 830 (1985).~

Docket Entries

2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-07-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2018)

Attorneys

Zachary David Warnell
Zachary David Warnell — Petitioner
Zachary David Warnell — Petitioner