No. 19-6173

In Re Karl David Kretser, Jr.

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2019-10-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-commitment competent-tribunal constitutional-rights due-process judicial-incompetence mental-illness tanner-v-united-states trial-judge wernicke-korsakoff-syndrome
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can a conviction stand when at the time of trial and sentencing the trial judge was civilly committed and later determined to be suffering from Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome? Was the petitioners right to a "competent tribunal" violated due to the judges inability to rationally make decisions in the case?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a conviction stand when the trial judge was civilly committed and later determined to be suffering from Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome?

Docket Entries

2019-11-04
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-08-30
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.

Attorneys

Karl Kretser
Karl David Kretser — Petitioner