No. 18-6535

Rodney Williams v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2018-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment due-process fourth-amendment-violation jurisdictional-defect jury-trial-rights restitution right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment-right void-judgment void-restitution-order void-sentence
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was defendant denied his constitutional right to counsel at his sentencing and restitution hearing; constituting a void sentence and restitution order?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ARGUMENT I. : WAS DEFENDANT DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL AT HIS SENTENCING AND RESTITUTION HEARING; CONSTITUTING A VOID SENTENCE AND RESTITUTION ORDER? ARGUMENT II. WAS DEFENDANT DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO MAINLY TO CONTROL HIS OWN CASE AT TRIAL? ARGUMENT III. DID DEFENDANT SUFFER A VIOLATION OF HIS FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A PROMPT ; ARRAIGNMENT WHERE THE STATE COURT RENDERED A VOID JUDGEMENT AND SENTENCE DUE TO A RADICAL JURISDICTIONAL DEFECT? ARGUMENT IV. : IS DEFENDANT ENTITLED TO A/ FRANK'S HEARING WHERE THE STATE TRIAL COURT LACKED JURISDICTION; THEREBY RENDERING THE JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE VOID DUE TO THE AFFIANT'S FALSE STATEMENTS AND OMISSIONS IN HIS” AFFIDAVIT? ARGUMENT V: WAS DEFENDANT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO (1) TRIAL BY JURY, (2) TO A JURY VERDICT OF GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, AND (3) TO AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE, VIOLATED DUE TO THE TRIAL JUDGE'S IMPROPER JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND DEFECTIVE JURY VERDICT FORM; RESULTING IN A DUE PROCESS OF LAW VIOLATION AND A VERDICT REACHED WITHOUT JURISDICTION RESULTING IN A VOID JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-08-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2018)

Attorneys

Rodney Williams
Rodney E. Williams — Petitioner