No. 19-7194

Juan Carlos Vazquez v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2020-01-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea language-barrier sixth-amendment voluntary-plea
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the evidence in the record that petitioner does not understand English plainly show that any admission at the guilty plea hearing could not reliably indicate that petitioner's plea was knowing and voluntary, which was a denial of petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : . DOES THE EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD THAT PETITIONER DOES NOT * UNDERSTAND ENGLISH PLAINLY SHOWS THAT ANY ADMISSION AT THE GUILTY PLEA HEARING COULD NOT RELIABLY INDICATE THAT PETITIONER'S PLEA WAS KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY, WHICH WAS A DENIAL OF : PETITIONER'S SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS RIGHTS?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-10
Waiver of right of respondent South Carolina to respond filed.
2019-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Juan Carlos Vazquez
Juan Carlos Vazquez — Petitioner
South Carolina
Megan Harrigan JamesonS.C. Attorney General's Office, Respondent