No. 20-5815

In Re Seth John Wilcox

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2020-09-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federalism fundamental-rights grand-jury hurtado-v-california supremacy-clause
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-11-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a state create and enforce contrary law that deprives its citizens of their fundamental rights, guaranteed by the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ICAN A STATE CREATE AND ENFORCE CONTRARY, LAW, THAT DEPRIVES ITS ee 7 CITIZENS OF THEIR FUNDAMENTAL __ RIGHTS, GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES: CONSTITUTION ? TE DOES. PROSECUTING AN INDIVIDUAL, , FOR ACAPITAL OR INFAMOUS CRIME , BY | INFORMATION ALONE WITHOUT A PRELIMINARY HEARING, PROVIDE A , GREATER VALUE OF FUNDAMENTAL . ; RIGHTS TO THAT INDIVIDUAL, RATHER , , THAN THOSE GUARANTEED BY A | GRAND JURY PROCEEDING ? Wilcox. v. Washington me

Docket Entries

2020-11-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent State of Washington to respond filed.
2020-08-11
Petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)

Attorneys

Seth John Wilcox
Seth John Wilcox — Petitioner
State of Washington
Peter Benjamin GonickAttorney General of Washington, Respondent