No. 19-5230

Stephen B. Wlodarz v. Shawn Phillips, Warden

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2019-07-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alford-plea criminal-procedure due-process life-sentence parole plea-bargaining sentencing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner's Alford guilty plea resulting in a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole is legal?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED | Whether Petitioner’s Alford guilty plea resulting ina sentence. length of life in prison without the possibility of parole judgment |. Is legal?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-30
Waiver of right of respondent Phillips, Warden to respond filed.
2019-05-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Phillips, Warden
Nicholas White SpanglerOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Nicholas White SpanglerOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Stephen B. Wlodarz
Stephen B. Wlodarz — Petitioner
Stephen B. Wlodarz — Petitioner