No. 19-5619

Leonardo R. German v. Jerry Goodwin, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: competency constitutional-rights consular-assistance consulate-assistance criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus mental-health miranda-rights sanity-hearing
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Did Mr. German possess a Constitutional right to a SANITY COMMISSION HEARING, after his new lawyer raised issues as to his competency prior to the start of trial, immediately after new counsel enrolled?

2) Did the State violate Mr. German's Constitutionally-recognized protection against DOUBLE JEOPARDY by prosecuting him for three crimes, the elements of two being totally encompassed within the third?

3) Did Mr. German, a non-Englsih-speaking Cuban National, have a Constitutional right to a CUBAN TRANSLATOR and CONSULATE?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did Mr. German possess a Constitutional right to a SANITY-COMMISSION-HEARING, after his new lawyer raised issues as to his competency prior to the start of trial, immediately after new counsel enrolled?

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-05-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 16, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendix

Attorneys

Leonardo R. German
Leonardo R. German — Petitioner