No. 19-7770

In Re Marcus Williams

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2020-02-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-violation constitutional-violations deception-by-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea plea-agreement pre-trial-acts-and-omissions pre-trial-counsel structural-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-04-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the pre-trial acts and omissions made by Marcus Williams' counsel constituted ineffective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED . ae (1) . WHETHER THE PRE-TRIAL ACTS AND OMISSIONS MADE BY MARCUS WILLIAMS’ COUNSEL, ALLIED WITH FAILURE TO OBJECT ON THE RECORD, TO PRE-ARRAIGNMENT ERRORS MADE BY THE DISTRICT COURT, FAILURE TO SUBJECT THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE TO STRICT ADVERSARIAL TESTING AND APPELLATE COUNSEL'S DERELICTION IN RAISING COGNIZABLE APPELLATE ISSUES, CONSTITUTED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, BORDERING ON CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL OF COUNSEL, A STRUCTURAL ERROR. (2) CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS AND RULE 11 VIOLATIONS MAY HAVE RENDERED MARCUS WILLIAMS PLEA AGREEMENT INVOLUNTARY, UNKNOWING OWING AND UNINTELLIGENTLY MADE, BY R EASON OF DECEPTION PERPETUATED BY COUNSEL AND FAILURE E OF THE COURT, THE GOVERNMENT, COUNSEL, TO ENDURE PETITIONER WAS ENTITLED TO RELIEF. : : : i:

Docket Entries

2020-04-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2020-03-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-07
Petition for a writ of prohibition and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 26, 2020)

Attorneys

Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams — Petitioner
Marcus Williams — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent