No. 19-6080

Marcus H. v. Connecticut

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2019-09-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-discretion
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2019-11-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the indigent petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to have appointed counsel represent him at his criminal jury trial violated when the trial court failed to find him indigent by relying on the fact he had posted bail and his mother had paid some of his attorney's fees?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1, Was the indigent petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to have appointed counsel represent him at his criminal jury trial violated when the trial court failed to find him indigent by relying on the fact he had posted bail and his mother had paid some of his attorney’s fees? |

Docket Entries

2019-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-10-04
Waiver of right of respondent State of Connecticut to respond filed.
2019-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2019)

Attorneys

Marcus H
Conrad Ost SeifertSeifert & Hogan, Petitioner
Conrad Ost SeifertSeifert & Hogan, Petitioner
State of Connecticut
Jennifer Faith MillerOffice of the State's Attorney, Respondent
Jennifer Faith MillerOffice of the State's Attorney, Respondent