No. 18-6081

Manuel Enrique Camacho v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cognitive-impairment competency criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-capacity mental-competency psychiatric-evaluation psychiatric-report
Key Terms:
Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2018-11-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to determine if Mr. Camacho was competent to enter a guilty plea

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I. Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to determine if Mr. Camacho was competent to enter a guilty plea in light of a psychiatric report that revealed significant cognitive impairment. II. Whether Mr. Camacho’s guilty plea was voluntary and knowing when he was not informed of the defense of mental disease or defect supported by the psychiatric report. li

Docket Entries

2018-11-05
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
2018-10-09
Waiver of right of respondent Wendy Kelley, Dir., AR DOC to respond filed.
2018-09-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 24, 2018)
2018-07-13
Application (18A48) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until September 21, 2018.
2018-07-11
Application (18A48) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 23, 2018 to September 21, 2018, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Manuel Camacho
Anna Marie WilliamsFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Anna Marie WilliamsFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Wendy Kelley, Dir., AR DOC
Rachel Hurst KempOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Rachel Hurst KempOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent