No. 22-6981
Thomas R. Alt v. United States
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
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 Rosen — Rosen and Holzman, Ltd., Petitioner
Mark Siddhartha Rosen — Rosen and Holzman, Ltd., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent