No. 20-6020

Nasser Mohamad Bazzi v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2020-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interpreter-rights interpreters sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-11-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the Arabic-speaking appellant denied effective assistance of counsel during critical stages of the proceedings, for which prejudice is presumed, where no interpreter was present during any attorney-client meetings, no interpreter was present during the investigatory period, and no interpreter was present for any court proceedings, including trial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. WAS THE ARABIC-SPEAKING APPELLANT DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL DURING CRITICAL STAGES OF THE PROCEEDINGS, FOR WHICH PREJUDICE IS PRESUMED, WHERE NO INTERPRETER WAS PRESENT DURING ANY ATTORNEY-CLIENT MEETINGS, NO INTERPRETER WAS PRESENT DURING THE INVESTIGATORY PERIOD, AND NO INTERPRETER WAS PRESENT FOR ANY COURT PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING TRIAL? 1

Docket Entries

2020-11-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
2020-11-02
Waiver of right of respondent Michigan to respond filed.
2020-10-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Michigan
Jon Phillip WojtalaOffice of the Wayne County (Michigan) Prosecutor, Respondent
Jon Phillip WojtalaOffice of the Wayne County (Michigan) Prosecutor, Respondent
Nasser Mohamad Bazzi
Rachel Kelly WolfeWolfe Law PLLC, Petitioner
Rachel Kelly WolfeWolfe Law PLLC, Petitioner