No. 21-6818

Arron Lawson v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2022-01-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 5th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-offenses competency competency-evaluation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment state-court-proceedings
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a state Court proceeding resulting in a death sentence violate the Fifth and Eighth Amendments when the court fails to ensure the defendant's competency to plead guilty to capital offenses despite known factors warranting a competency evaluation?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does a state Court proceeding resulting in a sentence of death violate the Fifth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States when the court fails to insure that the defendant is competent to enter a plea of guilty to capital offenses despite substantial factors known to the court which should have prompted a competency evaluation?

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-01-28
Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
2022-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2022)

Attorneys

Arron Lawson
Robert A. DixonLaw Office of Robert A. Dixon, Petitioner
State of Ohio
Brigham M. AndersonAnderson & Anderson Co., LPA, Respondent