No. 20-6254

Roberto Yoquigua Lopez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 5th-amendment 6th-amendment confidentiality criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process duress-defense fair-trial fifth-amendment pre-trial-disclosure sixth-amendment testimonial-confidentiality
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether and to what extent the Fifth and Sixth Amendments permit a defendant to keep all of the details of his duress confidential before trial, or whether he can be forced to provide all of the details of his testimony to the government ahead of trial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether and to what extent the Fifth and Sixth Amendments permit a defendant to keep all of the details of his duress confidential before trial, or whether he can be forced to provide all of the details of his testimony to the government ahead of trial? pretix

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Roberto Yoquigua Lopez
Kristi A. HughesLaw Office of Kristi A. Hughes, Petitioner
Kristi A. HughesLaw Office of Kristi A. Hughes, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent