No. 24-6437

Armando Molina v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-defense defendant-rights defense-counsel entrapment sixth-amendment trial-strategy
Key Terms:
Punishment Privacy Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2025-03-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to determine the objectives of one's own defense is violated when defense counsel, against the defendant's wishes, stipulates to presentation of an entrapment defense in which guilt is conceded

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to determine the objectives of one’s own defense is violated when defense counsel, against the defendant’s wishes, stipulates to presentation of an entrapment defense in which guilt is conceded. STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-14
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Armando Molina
Katherine WindsorLaw Office of Katherine Kimball Windsor, Petitioner
Katherine WindsorLaw Office of Katherine Kimball Windsor, Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent