No. 23-7051

Loren J. Larson, Jr. v. Joe Schmidt, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Alaska
Docketed: 2024-03-21
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias sixth-amendment state-court-of-appeals structural-error systemic-bias
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-05-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a systemic appearance of bias from a State court of appeals create structural error to a defendant's Sixth Amendment guarantee to a fair trial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Does a systemic appearance of bias from a State court of appeals create structural error to a defendant's Sixth Amendment guarantee to a fair trial? 2. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require that a State court of appeals be free from a systemic appearance of bias towards a defendant's litigation? i

Docket Entries

2024-05-13
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2024-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
2024-04-22
Waiver of right of respondent Joe Schmidt, et al. to respond filed.
2024-03-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2024)

Attorneys

Joe Schmidt, et al.
Eric Alan RingsmuthState of Alaska, Office of Criminal Appeals, Respondent
Eric Alan RingsmuthState of Alaska, Office of Criminal Appeals, Respondent
Loren Larson
Loren J. Larson Jr. — Petitioner
Loren J. Larson Jr. — Petitioner