No. 19-6894

Vamsidhar Vurimindi v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2019-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: ashe-v-swenson blockburger-v-united-states brown-v-ohio compounding-charges constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment pro-se-appellant successive-prosecution
Key Terms:
Arbitration DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether State prosecuting an accused under pretense of successive prosecution
based upon temporally distinct conduct from prior prosecution, and compounding
charges and evidence from prior prosecution for same offense, issues and claims
resolved in accused favor, violate Blockburger v. United States, Ashe v. Swenson
Brown v. Ohio and Fifth Amendment 's Double Jeopardy Clause?

2. Whether State forfeiting pro se criminal appellant's constitutional right to appeal
for raising multitude of errors on appeal, while State defaulted in appointing
standby counsel to assist pro se in the process of winnowing issues on appeal,
denying permission to amend brief and declining to appoint counsel after Farretta
waiver to file amended brief, violate U.S. Const. Fourteenth Amendment s Due
Process and Equal Protection Clauses?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether State prosecuting an accused under pretense of successive prosecution based upon temporally distinct conduct from prior prosecution, and compounding charges and evidence from prior prosecution for same offense, issues and claims resolved in accused favor, violate Blockburger v. United States, Ashe v. Swenson, Brown v. Ohio and Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-08
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2019-12-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Pennsylvania
Nancy WinkelmanDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Vamsidhar Vurimindi
Vamsidhar Vurimindi — Petitioner