No. 22-6981

Thomas R. Alt v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-court-conflict criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process equivocal-invocation miranda-rights right-to-counsel seventh-circuit unequivocal-invocation
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2023-03-31
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a suspect's question as to the availability of appointed counsel, in immediate response to having been advised of his right to counsel prior to custodial interrogation, is a reasonable interpretation of an unequivocal invocation of that right to counsel, under those present circumstances

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented for review is: WHETHER A SUSPECT’S QUESTION AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF APPOINTED COUNSEL, IN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO HAVING BEEN ADVISED OF HIS RIGHT TO COUNSEL PRIOR TO CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION, IS A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF AN UNEQUIVOCAL INVOCATION OF THAT RIGHT TO COUNSEL, UNDER THOSE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES. 4

Docket Entries

2023-04-03
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-03-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 10, 2023)

Attorneys

Thomas Alt
Mark Siddhartha RosenRosen and Holzman, Ltd., Petitioner
Mark Siddhartha RosenRosen and Holzman, Ltd., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent