Jonathan Zepeda v. United States
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether an individual's challenge to the constitutionality of his sentence and case proceedings in a criminal prosecution on bases outside the limited appellate waivers agreed to by the parties survives a silent record?
Questions Presented As matters of first impression: Whether an individual’s challenge to the constitutionality of his sentence and case proceedings in a criminal prosecution on bases outside the limited appellate waivers agreed to by the parties survives a silent record? Whether the Sixth Amendment right to independent counsel and the Fifth Amendment right to Due Process preclude a court from manipulating the defense function and public docket in favor of the government? Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(d)(2)-(3) — the subparagraphs of the Criminal Justice Act that give judges power over the defense function — should be stticken as what they are: unconstitutional? i