No. 22-575

William S. Toppi v. Massachusetts

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2022-12-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias massachusetts-appeals-court-rule-23.0 plea-waiver procedural-due-process recusal waiver-of-rights
Key Terms:
ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the sentencing judge and defense counsel were required to recuse themselves after exhibiting clear bias relating to Defendant's case

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED : 1. Whether the sentencing judge and defense | counsel were required to recuse themselves after | exhibiting clear bias relating to Defendant’s case. | 2. Whether Defense counsels’ performance fell | measurably below that of a normal fallible attorney. 3. Whether the sentencing judge made false assertions to the defendant in eliciting the waiver of constitutional rights. ; 4. Whether Massachusetts Appeals Court Rule 23.0 formerly Rule 1:28 is unconstitutional. | ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Docket No. FAR-28780 Commonwealth v. William Toppi , Date of Final Order: May 12, 2022 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court No. 21-P-332 Commonwealth v. William Toppi ; Date of Final Order: March 25, 2022 Lowell Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts | No. MICR2013-1572 Commonwealth v. William S. Toppi Date of Final Order: July 16, 2020 Date of Plea: December 17, 2014 | : ili

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-19
Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
2022-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2023)

Attorneys

Massachusetts
Anna E. LumelskyMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Anna E. LumelskyMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent
William S. Toppi
William S. Toppi — Petitioner
William S. Toppi — Petitioner