No. 19-5289

Pharoah Brazell v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2019-07-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process evidence forged-guilty-plea guilty-plea habitual-offender miranda-rights plea-bargaining right-to-attorney-during-questioning right-to-counsel right-to-remain-silent sentence-enhancement sentencing
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Can the State use a forged Guilty Plea form from a Florida predicate offense
and used it to enhance his sentence as a Habitual Offender?

II. Is Petitioner 's conviction in violation if the State used statements when the
officers ' admitted to not informing him of his right to remain silent, right to
consulate with an attorney, and right to have attorney present during
questioning.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the State use a forged Guilty Plea form from a Florida predicate offense and used it to enhance his sentence as a Habitual Offender?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-22
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2019-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 22, 2019)

Attorneys

Louisiana
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Pharoah Brazell
Pharoah Brazell — Petitioner