No. 18-7905

Christopher A. Hall v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process indiana-v-edwards medical-condition medical-resuscitation medication mental-competency pro-se-representation self-representation
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a higher standard exist for measuring competency to represent oneself at trial, than for competency to stand trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED: “Does a higher standard exist for measuring competency to represent oneself at trial, than for competency to stand trial, in a case wherein a criminal defendant, who was shot in the head, and died in the emergency room of the hospital only to later self resuscitate in the morgue, to the shock of the attending physicians, was coerced into represent himself at trial? The due process issue is how can the petitioner, having been found legally competent to represent himself at trial be declared a_mentally competent pro-se advocate under Indiana v. Edwards, (infra) when the defendant was, and to this day continues to be medicated, due to his mentally decompensatory tendency, wherein during the course of a simple conversation, forgets the subject he is speaking about,” (emphasis added). 2

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Christopher Hall
Christopher Hall Sr. — Petitioner
Christopher Hall Sr. — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent