No. 19-5581

William Henry Stephens, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea judicial-discretion knowing-and-intelligent plea-bargaining right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial voluntariness
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a Court can Rightfully Accept a Defendant's Guilty Plea when Such Plea was Not Made Knowingly and Intelligently.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a Court can Rightfully Accept a Defendant's Guilty Plea when Such Plea was Not Made Knowingly and Intelligently

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-08-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 12, 2019)

Attorneys

United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
William Henry Stephens, Jr.
Troy Nino Alexander GiatrasThe Giatras Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner