No. 20-5317

Jeremiah Rodgers v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-08-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure diagnostic-uncertainty due-process gender-dysphoria medical-evidence mental-health plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness post-conviction-relief procedural-bar
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the newly discovered evidence of a criminal defendant's medical condition, including gender-dysphoria, may implicate the voluntariness of a prior plea

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the newly discovered evidence of a criminal defendant’s medical condition, including gender dysphoria, may implicate the voluntariness of a prior plea made by the defendant? 2. Whether a defendant is required, in order to avoid application of a procedural bar, to advance a diagnosis or medical condition that has yet to be fully accepted by the medical community, and which has not been conclusively determined to apply to the defendant? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2020-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Jeremiah Rodgers
Linda McDermottOffice of the Federal Defender for the Northern District of Florida, Petitioner
Linda McDermottOffice of the Federal Defender for the Northern District of Florida, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent