No. 18-6334

Ahkeem Wiggins v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process enhancement-penalty guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining sentencing
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 1st Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana had jurisdiction to accept a guilty plea to an enhancement penalty under Louisiana Revised Statute 14:64.3 when the prosecutor never filed a bill of indictment charging the appellant with the enhancement penalty

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED . 1. The 1 Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana was without jurisdiction to accept guilty plea to enhancement penalty under Louisiana Revised Statute 14:64.3, prosecutor never filed bill of indictment charging appellant with the enhancement penalty of Louisiana Revised Statute 14:64.3. 2. Conviction and sentence obtained in violation of the United States Constitution Amendment VI and Louisiana Constitution Article 1 Section 13, “Ineffective Assistance of Counsel”

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-15
Waiver of right of respondent Tanner, Warden to respond filed.
2018-08-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 15, 2018)

Attorneys

Akheem Wiggins
Akheem Wiggins — Petitioner
Tanner, Warden
Suzanne WilliamsCaddo Parrish District Attorney's Office, Respondent