No. 21-949

George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Samuel Randolph

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: continuance continuances counsel-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-procedure forfeiture right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court waiver
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant can forfeit or waive his or her Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether this Honorable Court should grant review to decide an important question of federal law—whether a criminal defendant can forfeit or waive his or her Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice by not alerting the trial court of his or her intention to retain new counsel until shortly before trial begins after repeated defense continuances—that has not been, but should be, settled by this Honorable Court? u STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES ¢ Randolph v. Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, No. 20-9003, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judgment entered July 20, 2021. ¢ Randolph v. Wetzel, No. 1:06-cv-901, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Judgment entered May 27, 2020. ¢ Randolph v. Pennsylvania, No. 05-8984, U.S. Supreme Court. Judgment entered April 3, 2006. * Commonwealthv. Randolph, 432 CAP, Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Judgment entered May 16, 2005. * Commonwealth v. Randolph, Nos. and Judgment entered July 10, 2003.

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-02-28
Brief of respondent Samuel Randolph in opposition filed.
2022-02-28
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Samuel Randolph.
2022-01-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 28, 2022.
2022-01-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 28, 2022 to February 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Samuel Randolph
Jennifer Louise ChiccarinoFederal Community Defender for the EDPA, Respondent
Jennifer Louise ChiccarinoFederal Community Defender for the EDPA, Respondent
Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.
Francis T. ChardoDauphin County D.A. Office, Petitioner
Francis T. ChardoDauphin County D.A. Office, Petitioner