No. 22-7046

Valdamir Fred Morelos v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2023-03-21
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: autonomy-right capital-defendant capital-defendants counsel-consent due-process guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana penal-code penal-code-section-1018 right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment
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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does California's Penal Code Section 1018 violate capital defendants' right to autonomy under the Sixth Amendment and McCoy v. Louisiana?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does California’s Penal Code Section 1018, which bars a capital defendant from pleading guilty without the consent of his counsel, violate capital defendants’ right to autonomy under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and this Court’s decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 §.Ct. 1500 (2018)? ii RELATED CASES e People v. Valdamir Fred Morelos, No. SC169362, California Superior Court, Santa Clara County. Judgment entered February 21, 1996. e People v. Valdamir Fred Morelos, No. 8051968, Supreme Court of California. Judgment entered August 11, 2022; rehearing denied on October 19, 2022. ili

Docket Entries

2024-02-02
Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
2024-01-18
Joint stipulation to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46 filed.
2023-04-28
Suggestion of Death submitted.
2023-04-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 22, 2023. See Rule 30.1.
2023-04-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2023 to May 20, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-03-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 20, 2023)
2023-01-10
Application (22A609) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 18, 2023.
2023-01-03
Application (22A609) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 17, 2023 to March 18, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

California
Catherine Amy RivlinCA Department of Justice, Respondent
Catherine Amy RivlinCA Department of Justice, Respondent
Valdamir Fred Morelos
Kathleen M. ScheidelOffice of the State Public Defender, Petitioner
Kathleen M. ScheidelOffice of the State Public Defender, Petitioner