Timothy Bing, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Whether a policy by the State Attorney's Office which punished the petitioner for engaging in a pretrial investigation of his case as well as filing pretrial motions to defend his case, which resulted in the State withdrawing his plea offer based on those actions, violated the petitioner's due process rights as well petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance counsel
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a policy by the State Attorney’s Office which punished the petitioner for engaging in a pretrial investigation of his case as well as filing pretrial motions to defend his case, which resulted in the State withdrawing his plea offer based on those actions, violated the petitioner’s due process rights as well petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance counsel. ii RELATED CASES Bing, Jr. v. Secretary, Fla. Dep’t of Corrections, No. 23-11345, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Judgment Entered September 6, 2023. Bing, Jr. v. Secretary, Fla. Dep’t of Corrections, No. 9:21-cv-81268-DMM, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judgment Entered March 28, 2023.