No. 19-6366

Spencer Kerry Curtiss v. North Dakota

Lower Court: North Dakota
Docketed: 2019-10-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel standing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a state's duty to provide guarantee of counsel in a criminal action be duly fulfilled when supplied representation is in violation of conflict-of-interest

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED As Truth is fundamental: Can a state’s duty to provide guarantee of counsel in a criminal action be duly fulfilled when supplied representation is in violation of conflict of interest statute? Can assurance of guaranteed assistance of counsel exist where no lawfully binding power of attorney can attach creating attorney/client relationship? Can a conviction be received and sustained in violation of statutory and constitutional requirements for the conviction? i

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-06
Waiver of right of respondent North Dakota to respond filed.
2019-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2019)

Attorneys

North Dakota
Michael Thomas MahoneyOffice of Attorney General, ND 58505-004, Respondent
Spencer Kerry Curtiss
Spencer Kerry Curtiss — Petitioner