No. 25-6808

William Loggins, Jr. v. Kansas

Lower Court: Kansas
Docketed: 2026-02-13
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process ex-post-facto plea-agreement pro-se-pleading sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a state court judge must adhere to the principle that a pro se pleading must be construed liberally?

2. Whether the trial judge misconstrued the pro se pleading, in the case at bar, too stringently by calling the "breach of pleas agreement" pleadings a motion to withdraw plea, and, whether he errored in applying the one year statute of limitations?

3. Whether the Kansas State Court of Appeals unfairly failed to address the legal questions of law and fact the pro se defendant presented in the appellate brief?

4. Whether the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 21-6810(d)(2) enacted in 1993 and made retroactive in 2015(2017), violates the Due Process Clause of the United States constitution, as it applies to pre-1993 plea agreements?

5. Whether the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 21-68 10(d)(2) violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution, as it applies to pre- 1993 plea agreements?

6. Whether the KSGA K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 21-6810(d)(2) violates the Apprendi fact finding prohibition at sentencing by exceeding the mere fact of a prior conviction when it compares one statute with another older statute?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court judge must construe a pro se pleading liberally and whether the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act violates due process and ex post facto constitutional protections

Docket Entries

2025-09-22
Application (25A318) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until August 25, 2025.
2025-07-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 16, 2026)
2025-06-17
Application (25A318) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 26, 2025 to August 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

William Loggins
William Loggins — Petitioner