No. 20-7980

Takiese Naceer Bethea v. West Virginia

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2021-05-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: co-defendants criminal-procedure equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-fairness prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination sentencing
Key Terms:
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 CooperBlackwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
Jeremy Benjamin CooperBlackwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
West Virginia
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent