initial-appearance

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5928 Michael David Beiter, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process initial-appearance judicial-procedure legal-representation magistrate-judge right-to-counsel Can a magistrate judge force counsel upon a defendant without consent?
20-6589 John Xavier Portillo, aka John Portillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure critical-stage initial-appearance magistrate magistrate-hearing right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the initial appearance before a Magistrate after the right to counsel has attached is a critical stage of the proceeding under the Sixth Amend…
18-8889 Lavont Flanders, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process initial-appearance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic Whether an initial appearance can be a critical stage
18-8626 Aaron Murray v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process federal-criminal-procedure initial-appearance magistrate-judge plea-bargaining plea-hearing right-to-counsel Was Petitioner Aaron Murray Entitled to an initial appearance before a United States Magistrate Judge under Fed. R. Criminal P Rule 5?