No. 20-8174
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process intellectual-disability language-access language-interpretation mental-capacity police-interrogation right-to-interpretation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
DueProcess CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference:
2021-06-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is the Constitution violated where a defendant who speaks only Bosnian and has an IQ of 57 receives no interpretation during the suppression hearing testimony of the police officer who claimed that he confessed to an intentional murder?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Is the Constitution violated where a defendant who speaks only Bosnian and has an IQ of 57 receives no interpretation during the suppression hearing testimony of the police officer who claimed that he confessed to an intentional murder? i
Docket Entries
2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-06-04
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2021-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 28, 2021)
Attorneys
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Esad Lemo
Lisa B. Freeland — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Lisa B. Freeland — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner