No. 19-5646

Brian Caputo v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cognitive-capacity cognitive-impairment competency criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining due-process knowing-intelligent-waiver mental-capacity neurological-impairment neurology plea-agreement
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently enter into a plea agreement where he is neurologically incapable of understanding the future consequences of that agreement?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does a defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently enter into a plea agreement where he is neurologically incapable of understanding the future consequences of that agreement? Correspondingly, is a court’s determination of "knowing" and "intelligent" dependent on what the defendant was told or what the defendant had the ability to understand?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Brian Caputo
Andrea Renee St. JulianLaw Offices of Andrea Renee St. Julian, Petitioner
Andrea Renee St. JulianLaw Offices of Andrea Renee St. Julian, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent