No. 20-5844

Horacio Santamaria, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-error constitutional-rights due-process grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government's unavailing defense of the indefensible with respect to the indictment, inadequate jury instructions, prosecutorial misconduct outside the grand jury, and constructive denial of counsel, were clearly prejudicial to Horacio Santamaria

Question Presented (from Petition)

No question identified. : ‘ 5 : 3 CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT'S UNAVAILING DEFENSE OF THE INDEFENSIBLE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDICTMENT, INADEQUATE JURY INSTRUCTIONS, PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT OUTSIDE THE GRAND JURY, AND CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL OF COUNSEL, WERE CLEARLY PREJUDICIAL TO HORACIO SANTAMARIA, FOR WHICH BY ANY STANDARD OF REVIEW, THE COURT SHOULD FIND COUNSEL'S PERFORMANCE HOPELESSLY DEFICIENT, BORDERING ON CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL OF COUNSEL F

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Horacio Santamaria
Horacio Santamaria Jr. — Petitioner
Horacio Santamaria Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent