No. 20-6106

Rafael Cruz v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights coerced-confession criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance mental-disability plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment voluntariness
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred in denying the defendant's request for a certificate of innocence, when the defendant had pled guilty to 'hostage taking' but the record shows the defendant believed he was pleading guilty to kidnapping and the court promised he could present evidence at sentencing that he was not actually guilty of the charged offense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Rafael Cruz
Rafael Cruz — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent