No. 20-7980
Takiese Naceer Bethea v. West Virginia
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: co-defendants criminal-procedure equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-fairness prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination sentencing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-06-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the unequal treatment of African-American co-defendants violate the equal protection clause?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Does it violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when the African-American co-defendants in a case receive vastly less favorable treatment by the prosecutor and the court compared to the co-defendants who do not share their racial classification? i
Docket Entries
2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-06-03
Waiver of right of respondent West Virginia to respond filed.
2021-05-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2021)
Attorneys
Takiese Bethea
Jeremy Benjamin Cooper — Blackwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
Jeremy Benjamin Cooper — Blackwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
West Virginia
Lindsay Sara See — Office of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Lindsay Sara See — Office of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent