No. 19-6406

Clifford L. Rush v. Nebraska

Lower Court: Nebraska
Docketed: 2019-10-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion nebraska-supreme-court pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment withdrawal-of-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Nebraska Supreme Court's denial of the petitioner's right to proceed pro se violated the Sixth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. WHETHER OR NOT THE NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT OPINION IN AFFIRMING THE NEBRASKA LOWER COURT'S JUDGMENT DENYING PETITIONER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROCEED PRO SE, ONNHESSOWN, AS COUNSEL OF . CHOICE, ,WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY INFIRMED AND PREJUDICIAL. II. WHETHER OR NOT THE NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT OPINION IN AFFIRMING THE NEBRASKA LOWER COURT'S JUDGMENT DENYING PETITIONER'S DEFENSE : COUNSEL MOTION TO WITHDRAW BASED UPON DISAGREEMENTS AND CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS ENGENDERED BY DEFENSE COUNSEL AND PETITIONER, CONSTITUTED AN CONSTITUTIONAL INFRINGEMENT IN VIOLATION OF THE PETITPBELTIONER'S FIFTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. III. WHETHER THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE AND PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL OF CHOICE WAS VIOLATED WHEN THE LOWER DISTRICT COURT VIA ITS ORDER DENIED CRIMINAL DEFENDANT HIS RIGHT TO SELF-REPRESENTATION (PRO SE), IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SIMULTANEOUSLY ADJUDICATION WITH DENYING CRIMINAL DEFENDANT'S DEFENSE COUNSEL MOTION TO WITHDRAW FROM REPRESENTATION THEREOF. : i.

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 27, 2019)

Attorneys

Clifford Rush
Clifford Rush — Petitioner
Clifford Rush — Petitioner