No. 24-565
Tags: constitutional-rights counsel-representation fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-fees state-court-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2025-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
May a state court contravene its own state laws requiring legal fees and counsel representation, potentially violating the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. May a state court elect to contravene its own state laws, which explicitly require the award of legal fees and representation of counsel, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments? 2. May state courts unconstitutionally intrude upon the role of the State legislature by arbitrarily dispelling the State’s own laws and prevailing rulings that require an award of legal fees to obtain counsel in custody trials and the right to counsel? ii Il.
Docket Entries
2025-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2024-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2024)
2024-09-19
Application (24A282) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until November 18, 2024.
2024-09-04
Application (24A282) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 18, 2024 to November 17, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.