No. 24-5485

Onofre Serrano v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2024-09-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: critical-stage due-process harmless-error ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel waiver-of-counsel
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a reasonable jurist could debate the voluntariness of a criminal defendant's waiver of counsel and the potential ineffective assistance of counsel at critical pretrial stages

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether reasonable jurist could debate the state court of appeals conclusion that Petitioner's waiver of the right to counsel was voluntary, . _ knowingly and intelligent? 2. Whether reasonable jurist could debate the state court of appeals conclusion that the denial of the right to counsel at a critical state(s)/ preliminary hearing was harmless error? 3. Whether the Office of the Public Defender provided ineffective assistance of counsel ("IAC") at a critical stage(s) /arraignment /bail hearing /motion to suppress evidence /preliminary hearing, etc., prior to Petitioner's alleged . involuntary waiver of the right to counsel?

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-07
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2024-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 9, 2024)

Attorneys

California
Gary A. LiebermanCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Gary A. LiebermanCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Onofre Serrano
Onofre Serrano — Petitioner
Onofre Serrano — Petitioner