No. 19-6709

Adam L. Acosta v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2019-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-35 disclosure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial new-trial prosecution rule-16 rule-16-disclosure rule-33 rule-33-motion-for-new-trial rule-35
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Court of Appeals misconstrued Rule 35(c)(3)(VII), Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure, in declining to consider a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel raised by the putatively ineffective attorney in Rule 33 motion for new trial and submitted an affidavit in which he swore that he made a mistake in the remedy he requested for a Rule 16 disclosure of prosecution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals misconstrued Rule 35(c)(3)(VID, Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-27
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
2019-11-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 23, 2019)

Attorneys

Adam L. Acosta
Adam L. Acosta — Petitioner
Colorado
L. Andrew CooperOffice of the Colorado Attorney General, Respondent