due-process-violation

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1) Whether or not Petitioner’s Due Process according to U.S. Amendments V, VI, & XIV was violated due to errors Coram Vobis committed in the plea colloquy process by the Trial Court regarding the Petitioner's ability to plead knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily for an alleged 2019 misdemeanor Protection Order Violation after: a) The Trial Court never asked whether the Petitioner 's "not guilty" plea, entered for him by his attorney, was made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily; and b) The Petitioner was unaware of the Prosecution’s plea bargain offer for a non-criminal Trespassing charge in exchange for the Protection Order Violation so that Petitioner could best manage his U.S. Amendment V, VI, & XIV Rights where the plea bargain ultimately would not have adversely affected Petitioner’s employment status, nor his clean criminal record, nor cause him the loss of Custody Rights of his children? 2) If even one error Coram Vobis was committed by the Trial Court in the above question, whether or not the Trial Court or the Supreme Court of Virginia possessed the authority to set aside the conviction and/or expunge the Petitioner’s Criminal Record? . 8) Whether or not Petitioner's U.S. Amendment VIII & XIV Right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment was violated by the Virginia State and County Courts? t LIST OF ALL PARTIES 1) Petitioner / Defendant Thomas Richard Ward, pro se, 8115 Gale Street, Annandale, Virginia, 22003, Email: Phone: 703-4705047, 2) Respondents: a) Respondent / Prosecutor County of Fairfax represented by Associate District Attorneys from the office of Steve Descano, Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Suite #114, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030, Phone: 703-246-2776. Prosecutor County of Fairfax appeared in the Fairfax J&DR and the FCCC. b) Respondent Commonwealth of Virginia represented by Collin C. Crookenden (VSB#93455), Assistant Attorney General Criminal Appeals Section, Office of the Attorney General, 202 North Ninth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, Emails: and OAG Criminal Litigation Phone: 804-786-2071, Facsimile: 804-371-0151. Prosecutor Commonwealth of Virginia appeared in CAV and were served by Petitioner filings in the SCV.