No. 19-6751

DeAngelo Pantalion Williams v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-11-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-court arbitrary-denial constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application state-appellate-court state-law
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-01-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state appellate court's arbitrary denial of a defendant's request for the retroactive application of a new state law constitutes a violation of the defendant's rights under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether a state appellate court’s arbitrary denial of a defendant’s request for the retroactive application of a new state law constitutes a violation of the defendant’s rights under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. i

Docket Entries

2020-01-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
2019-12-16
Waiver of right of respondent The State of California to respond filed.
2019-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2019)

Attorneys

DeAngelo Williams
Nathaniel Pervere MillerFirst District Appellate Project, Petitioner
Nathaniel Pervere MillerFirst District Appellate Project, Petitioner
The State of California
Juliet B. HaleyCalifornia Atty. General Off., Respondent
Juliet B. HaleyCalifornia Atty. General Off., Respondent