No. 25-6485
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-proceedings due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-defect structural-error void-ab-initio
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a conviction initiated by a warrant issued by a magistrate who is later adjudicated constitutes a structural jurisdictional defect rendering the judgment void ab initio, and whether a state may use Deferred Judgment and PCR rules to bar state court review of an alleged structural flaw in the initiation of criminal proceedings
Docket Entries
2026-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-22
Waiver of Iowa of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent Iowa to respond filed.
2025-12-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2026)
Attorneys
Iowa
Darrel Mullins — Iowas Dept. of Justice, Respondent
Darrel Mullins — Iowas Dept. of Justice, Respondent