No. 18-7968
Joseph Ragland v. North Carolina
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection postconviction-relief sentencing sixth-amendment state-statute
Latest Conference:
2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER A STATE STATUTE THAT GIVES SENTENCING JUDGES UNLIMITED, UNCHALLENGEABLE AND UNREVIEWABLE DISCRETION TO IMPOSE CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES, VIOLATE THE EQUAL PROTECTION AND DUE PROCESS CLAUSES OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, AND THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AT SENTENCING.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state statute that limits the availability of postconviction relief violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at sentencing
Docket Entries
2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-26
Waiver of right of respondent State of North Carolina to respond filed.
2018-12-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 18, 2019)
Attorneys
Joseph Ragland
Joseph K. Ragland — Petitioner
State of North Carolina
Daniel Patrick O'Brien — NC Department of Justice, Respondent