No. 19-6637

Gregory Cooper v. Katy Poole, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process effective-counsel judicial-discretion right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction takings
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can a defendant be stoped from Confronting his
accusers and witnesses with o ther testimony
when the sth Amendment to the li.s. Const. Provides
for Due processP

2. If a defendants Counsel Compelles
D
defen dant
to not
by threat of taking
testify
awaY the
right to
Counsel
is ita violation
o f
the oth

Amendment to the li.S. Const.?

3.
due
Sec. 23,18iand 19 what jurisdiction does the
Convicting
tourt have over tne
Person of the
defendent
when
Counsel for this Purpose isnot
Present?

4.
Can the right to Counsel be waived when a Counsel's
defendant did not waived the right Knowingly, or
Conviction be obtained in accord with the U.S.
and the N.C. tonst. Art.
Const. Am.S aud6
I secl9and 23?

5.I s it cruel and innusal Punishment lnder the 8th
Am. to the U.S. Const. to imiosq a 12 tol7yr.
sentence ana defeudent who was deyied the
rignt to Present evidence in his own defense
when the U.S. tonst. 5th anendment Provides
for
due lrocess and defendents Counsel ineffectiveeffcctive Counsel?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides for due process when the State compels a defendant to testify against himself by threat of taking all of his counsel's assets

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-02
Waiver of right of respondents Katy Poole, et al. to respond filed.
2019-11-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2019)

Attorneys

Gregory Cooper
Gregory Cooper — Petitioner
Katy Poole, et al.
Clarence Joe DelForge IIIN.C. Department of Justice, Respondent