No. 18-8767

Antonio Slaton v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alford-plea criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-of-innocence federal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-supervised-release revocation-hearing supervised-release
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state conviction entered via an Alford plea creates an irrebuttable presumption such that a defendant in a federal supervised release revocation hearing, who is charged with committing a new offense, is prohibited from rebutting the violation with evidence of innocence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a state conviction entered via an Alford plea creates an irrebuttable presumption such that a defendant in a federal supervised release revocation hearing, who is charged with committing a new offense, is prohibited from rebutting the violation with evidence of innocence?

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-04-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 10, 2019)

Attorneys

Antonio Slaton
Suzanne HashimiFederal Defender Program, Inc., Petitioner
Suzanne HashimiFederal Defender Program, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent