No. 23-6283

Stacy Anthony Mitchell v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2023-12-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: choice-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion
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Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a trial court's denial of an indigent criminal defendant's choice of privately retained counsel, who is ready, willing, and able to proceed to trial without delay, violate the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of the right to counsel of one's choice?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does a trial court’s denial of an indigent criminal defendant’s choice of privately retained counsel, who is ready, willing, and able to proceed to trial without delay, violate the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of the right to counsel of one’s choice? ray STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-04
Waiver of right of respondent Arkansas to respond filed.
2023-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 17, 2024)

Attorneys

Arkansas
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Stacy A. Mitchell
William O. JamesThe James Law Firm, Petitioner
William O. JamesThe James Law Firm, Petitioner