No. 23-1160

Derrick Williams v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2024-04-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence first-amendment fourteenth-amendment petition-clause right-to-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2024-06-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the fundamental right to petition the state courts is restricted by any timeframe for appealing the denial or deprivation of counsel on direct appeal without a voluntary waiver

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. WHETHER THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO PETITION THE STATE COURTS PURSUANT TO THE 1ST AND 14THAMENDMENTS OF OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION UPON THE ISSUE OF BEING DENIED AND/OR DEPRIVED OF COUNSEL ON DIRECT APPEAL IN ABSENCE OF ANY VOLUNTARY WAIVER OF SUCH RIGHT TO COUNSEL IS RESTRICTED BY ANY TIMEFRAME WITHIN WHICH AN ACCUSED MUST APPEAL WITHIN AND IF SO HOW SUCH TIMEFRAME IS DETERMINED. 2. WHETHER THE PRIVILEGE TO PETITION THE COURT FOR FUNDAMENTAL REDRESS AT ANY STAGE OF THE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE RULE 201. UPON THE ISSUE OF BEING DENIED AND/OR DEPRIVED OF COUNSEL ON DIRECT APPEAL IN ABSENCE OF ANY VOLUNTARY WAIVER OF SUCH RIGHT TO COUNSEL IS RESTRICTED BY ANY TIMEFRAME WITHIN WHICH AN ACCUSED MUST APPEAL WITHIN AND IF SO HOW SUCH TIMEFRAME IS DETERMINED

Docket Entries

2024-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
2024-05-09
Waiver of right of respondent State of Mississppi to respond filed.
2023-11-20

Attorneys

Derrick Williams
Tamarra Akiea BowieBowie Law Firm, PLLC .., Petitioner
State of Mississppi
Ashley Lauren SulserOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent