No. 20-8401
Tyler Landon Thornton v. Florida
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights coercion constitutional-rights criminal-plea due-process fifth-amendment involuntary-confession non-state-actor plea-bargaining plea-involuntariness
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Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether coercion from a non-state actor can render a plea involuntary and therefore invalidate it under the Fifth Amendment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED I. THIS CASE PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE A CIRCUIT SPLIT ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: WHETHER COERCION FROM A NON-STATE ACTOR CAN RENDER A PLEA INVOLUNTARY AND THEREFORE INVALIDATE IT UNDER THE FIFTH AMENDMENT? i
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 23, 2021)