No. 18-8024
Relisted (3)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights counsel-representation criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea new-jersey-constitution plea-bargaining pre-trial-preparation pretrial-preparation right-to-counsel sexual-offense sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2019-05-16
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
THE DEFENDANT WAS DENIED THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL AS GUARANTEED BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND ART.I, PAR. 10 OF THE NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION.
THE DEFENDANT IS ENTITLED TO AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING WAS NOT PROPERLY OR EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTED BY MY ATTORNEY DURING THE PRETRIAL PREPARATION PROCESS, AND UP UNTIL THE TIME THAT I ENTERED MY GUILTY PLEA.
I TOLD MY ATTORNEY THAT I WAS NOT GUILTY THAT WHEN I WAS INVESTIGATED THE DYFS HAD DETERMINED THAT I HAD NOT COMMITTED ANY SEXUAL OFFENSE.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was the defendant denied the right to effective assistance of trial counsel?
Docket Entries
2019-05-20
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-22
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-04-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
2019-02-19
Motion (18M101) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
2019-01-30
MOTION (18M101) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2018-12-10
Motion (18M101) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2018-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 21, 2019)
Attorneys
Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez — Petitioner