No. 19-7537

Donald Alexander Spice v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2020-02-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeal court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-defendants transcript transcript-access transcripts
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-04-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether MOR 5.433(c)(3) is unconstitutional as it violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the mandates of the United States Supreme Court, requiring states to furnish transcripts to indigent defendants for use on appeal, upon request?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Page: QUESTION T 10 WHETHER MOR 5.433{C}(3) IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL ag TT VIOLATES THE EQUAL, PROTECYTON AND DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE POURTEENTY AMENDMENT AND THE MANDATES OF THE UNTSED STATES SUPREME COURT, REQUIRING STATES TO FURNTSH TRANSCRIPTS TO INDIGENT DEFENDANTS FOR USE ON APPEAL, UPON REQUEST? "QUESTION It 17 WHETHER TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN DENYING SPICE ACCESS TO THE TRANSCRIPTS, WHEN SPICE SHOWED GOOD CAUSE? | QUESTION TIT 18 CONSTITUTION UNOEBR THE FIRST AND FOURTSENTH AMENDMENT, BY ACTIONS OF THE . poo ¢ . ‘ , . Pages

Docket Entries

2020-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
2019-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Donald Alexander Spice
Donald A. Spice — Petitioner
Donald A. Spice — Petitioner