No. 24-6852

Eric William Diaz v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2025-03-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: double-jeopardy legal-counsel plea-negotiation sentencing sexual-offense sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2025-05-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Pennsylvania State Courts violated the Double Jeopardy Clause and Sixth Amendment Rights during sentencing and plea negotiations involving sexual offense convictions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the Pennsylvania State Courts violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment by sentencing the Petitioner in accordance with a guilty plea that was based upon the waiver of the mandatory minimum sentencing was not even susceptible provision of 42 Pa.C.S. § 9718.2 when the Petitioner to being sentenced to said provision due to how the corresponding terms of1 incarceration for his first and second sexual offense convictions were not sequential and/or separated by an intervening opportunity to reform? Suggested Answer: Yes. 2. Whether the Pennsylvania State Courts violated the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment Rights to be represented by conflict-free legal counsel during the conflicts of interest between plea negotiation stage(s) when there were proven that of the Petitioner and his Plea Counsel(s) that were brought forth to the State Trial Court's attention on multiple occasions? Suggested Answer: Yes. 3 T.TST OF PARTIES All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. [ ] All parties do not appear in the caption of the case on the coyer page. A list of all

Docket Entries

2025-05-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
2025-03-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 25, 2025)

Attorneys

Eric W. Diaz
Eric William Diaz — Petitioner
Eric William Diaz — Petitioner