No. 18-7344

Tony Dickinson v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment criminal-defense entrapment fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pre-indictment-delay sixth-amendment structural-error
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether this Court Should Resolve the longstanding Conflict among Federal Courts over whether the Fifth Amendment Delay caused by the government as substantive evidence of defendant's guilt and whether Petitioner Received ineffective assistance of Counsel during the pretrial stages of his case which is a violation of his Sixth Amendment the United States Constitution, which his rights was a Structural error that harmed the petitioner.

3. Whether the seventh circuit court erred in failing to address the impact the District court's error may have had on the petitioner's defense of entrapment which was a violation to the Fourteenth Amendment evidence of outrageous conduct of Det Official's was ignored and erroneously admitted to convict the petitioner.

4. Whether District Judge abuse her discretion where she knowingly Stated that she don't think petitioner deserve anytime for this case but She has to give him some time. This Judge knowing that the facts of this Case does not indict me to this crime but because I accepted a plea agreement she disegraded the facts of why I should not be indited or face Criminal prosecution. District Judge ignored the Response of the United States attorney at the Sentencing Stage which her comment will tactical advantage toward the petitioner.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 6th Amendment permits the introduction of a criminal defendant's pre-indictment delay caused by the government as substantive evidence of defendant's guilt

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Tony Dickinson
Tony Dickinson — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent