No. 24-436

Robert James Rainey v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2024-10-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: appointed-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment guarantees an indigent defendant the right to continued representation by appointed counsel equivalent to an affluent defendant's right to retained counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, once counsel has been appointed for an indigent defendant, the Sixth Amendment guarantees the defendant the same right to continued representation by that counsel as is enjoyed by defendants affluent enough to retain counsel. The same question is presented in Davis v. Colorado, No. 23-1096, pet. for cert. filed Apr. 5, 2024.

Docket Entries

2024-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
2024-10-18
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
2024-10-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2024)
2024-07-18
Application (24A63) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until October 8, 2024.
2024-07-15
Application (24A63) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 8, 2024 to November 7, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Colorado
Jillian Joy PriceColorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Jillian Joy PriceColorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Robert James Rainey
Stuart BannerUCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
Stuart BannerUCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner