No. 20-6875

Jason Pierce v. Nathan Brooks, Warden

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure death-penalty faretta-protocol habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-defect structural-defect
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2021-03-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the United States Court of Appeals err in failing to issue a Certificate of Appealability from the denial of the Petition for writ of habeas corpus as concerns (a) the State Trial Court's granting of a 'Vacatur' motion multiple times that vacated a previous Order by a different judge allowing the Petitioner to withdraw his guilty pleas on remand from the Georgia Supreme Court while he was represented by Counsel thus divesting the Court of jurisdiction and necessarily creating a structural defect in the criminal proceeding per Trevino v. Thaler, 569 U.S. 416 (2013), where the only available mechanism for such a claim would have been a Petition for writ of habeas corpus; and (b) the appointed trial Counsel's complete failure to conduct any pre-trial investigation in a death penalty case where Counsel submitted a 'forfeiture motion' without Petitioner's knowledge, maintains in the motion that the trial court did not follow 'Faretta' protocol because the Petitioner had stated on the record that he was withdrawing his guilty pleas and did so 'pro-se' contrary to the facts and the record where the Petitioner was represented by Court-appointed Counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2021-03-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2021-02-11
Waiver of right of respondent Brooks Warden to respond filed.
2020-12-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Brooks Warden
Andrew Alan PinsonOffice of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
Andrew Alan PinsonOffice of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
Jason Pierce
Jason Pierce — Petitioner
Jason Pierce — Petitioner