No. 19-5646
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
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
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent