No. 23-5374
Jessie C. Roberts v. Danny Samuel
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: competency criminal-procedure delusions hallucinations incompetency ineffective-assistance mental-health specific-intent
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to investigate and present testimony from mental health experts supporting that the client lacked specific intent due to delusions and hallucinations
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a trial counsel whose client has been found incompetent to stand trial three different times prior to trial provides ineffective assistance of counsel when he fails to investigate and present testimony from mental health experts supporting that the client lacked the specific intent to commit the charged crimes because he was responding to elaborate delusions and hallucinations. i
Docket Entries
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-24
Waiver of right of respondent Danny Samuel to respond filed.
2023-08-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2023)
Attorneys
Danny Samuel
Ana Rosa Duarte — California Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Ana Rosa Duarte — California Attorney General's Office, Respondent