No. 18-5846

Dustin Xavier Wilkins, aka Dxavier Wilkins, aka Xavier Wilkins, aka Chosen Wilkins v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2018-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment appeal court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-hearing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea based on ineffective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari to determine whether the Petitioner should have been allowed to withdraw his guilty plea based on ineffective assistance of counsel by his court-appointed lawyers? I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari to determine whether the Petitioner should be granted a new sentencing hearing, based on ineffective assistance of counsel by his court-appointed lawyers?

Docket Entries

2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 1, 2018)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent