No. 19-7082

Mark J. Lipski v. Maine

Lower Court: Maine
Docketed: 2019-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law constitutional-protection conviction-consequences criminal-procedure due-process economic-disadvantage indigent-defense ineffective-assistance judicial-oath legal-ethics legal-representation liberty-interests right-to-counsel state-prosecution
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the right to counsel waived?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Was this case criminal in nature? 2) Was the right to counsel waived? 3) Would an impoverished layman have the needed skills and ability to defend himself effectively against the State and its extensive legal mechanism in ANY criminal jury trial, without appropriate counsel? 4) Ifa judge has sworn an oath to uphold and protect the US Constitution, and acts or comes to a decision that is explicitly contrary to the US constitution or its amendments, would that not place them in perjury of said oath? . 5) Could a criminal conviction impact an individual's liberty to travel to certain foreign . countries, or create obstacles in finding certain types of employment? 6) Does the State have the right to deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due : process? 7) Has our legal process in the United States been so immorally skewed to criminally convict economically disadvantaged people in minor crimes so that the state can profit from their disadvantages and inability to defend themselves? 8) Has the “business of law” in the United States overshadowed the “practice of law” in protecting the criminally accused from abuses and convictions at all levels of government? . 9) What does the US Constitution and the Amendments say of the aforementioned questions?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent Maine to respond filed.
2019-12-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Maine
Donald William MacomberMaine Department of Atty. Gen., Respondent
Donald William MacomberMaine Department of Atty. Gen., Respondent
Mark Lipski
Mark J. Lipski — Petitioner
Mark J. Lipski — Petitioner