No. 21-5538

Michael Joseph Edmondson v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus self-representation sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial Judge fulfilled his duty of determining whether there was an intelligent and competent waiver of accused's right to assistance of counsel, under the 6th and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED a In this case, the United States Court of Appeals per curiam affirmed denial of Petitioner’s appeal for habeas corpus relief. Petitioner contends that his request was “clear and unequivocal” invoking this constitutional right to proceed without counsel and self-representation under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. IL Whether the trial Judge fulfilled his duty of determining _ whether there was an intelligent and competent waiver of accused’s right to assistance of counsel, under the 6 and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution. II. Whether Petitioner invoked the constitutional right of self| ; representation under the 6th and 14th Amendments of the United , States Constitution. Ill. Whether the United States Court of Appeals has decided on important Federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this court’s ruling pursuant to Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975) _

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-14
Waiver of right of respondent Moody, Att'y Gen. of FL, et al. to respond filed.
2021-08-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 30, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Joseph Edmondson
Michael Joseph Edmondson — Petitioner
Moody, Att'y Gen. of FL, et al.
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent