No. 21-7570

Vander Clayborne v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2022-04-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea juvenile-justice mental-capacity mental-competency miller-v-alabama parole sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-06-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should this Court review the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to deny the Petitioner the right to have his unwarranted guilty plea looked into as he was borderline mentally retarded with the IQ of a juvenile?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED In every jurisdiction of the United States both federal and State there is a balancing test for deciding whether a court's decision to deny a Criminal Defendant his rights is a right and here this Criminal Defendant asserts his right and wishes this court to consider his petition and make an appropriate order as such. I. Should this Court review the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to deny the Petitioner the right to have his unwarrented guilty plea looked into as he was borderline mentally retarded with the IQ of a juvenile? I. Should this court establish a new law that provides for adults that commit crimes that carry a manditory sentence of Life Without Parole, that at the time the crime was said to have been commited, have the mindset of a juvenile and or be borderline/fully mentally retarded with low IQ's be afforded the , same oppurtunity as parole just as juviniles have as deceided by this court in Miller v. Alabama?

Docket Entries

2022-06-13
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
2022-03-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 9, 2022)

Attorneys

Vander Clayborne
Vander Clayborne — Petitioner
Vander Clayborne — Petitioner