Vamsidhar Vurimindi v. Pennsylvania
Arbitration DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus Privacy
Whether State prosecuting an accused under pretense of successive prosecution based upon temporally distinct conduct from prior prosecution, and compounding charges and evidence from prior prosecution for same offense, issues and claims resolved in accused favor, violate Blockburger v. United States, Ashe v. Swenson, Brown v. Ohio and Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether State prosecuting an accused under pretense of successive prosecution based upon temporally distinct conduct from prior prosecution, and compounding charges and evidence from prior prosecution for same offense, issues and claims resolved in accused favor, violate Blockburger v. United States, Ashe v. Swenson, Brown v. Ohio and Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause? 2. Whether State forfeiting pro se criminal appellant's constitutional right to appeal for raising multitude of errors on appeal, while State defaulted in appointing standby counsel to assist pro se in the process of winnowing issues on appeal, denying permission to amend brief and declining to appoint counsel after Farretta waiver to file amended brief, violate U.S. Const. Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses? i