No. 19-7537

Donald Alexander Spice v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2020-02-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeal court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-defendants transcript transcript-access transcripts
Latest Conference: 2020-04-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION I

WHETHER ICR S.433(C) <3) IS UNCONSTTIOTTONAL AS IT VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION
M© DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OP THE FOURTEENTH AMENDME3ST AND THE MANDATES OF THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, REQUIRING STATES TO FURNISH TRANSCRIPTS TO
INDIGEST DEFENDANTS FOR USE ON APPEAL, UPON REQUEST?

QUESTION II

WHETHER TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN DENYING SPICE ACCESS TO THE
TRANSCRIPTS, WHEN SPICE SHOWED GOOD CAUSE?

QUESTION III

WHETHER SPICE WAS DENIED ACCESS TO THE COURTS GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION UNDER THE FIRST A3® FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, BY ACTIONS OF THE '
iCCGHGAN EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether MOR 5.433(c)(3) is unconstitutional as it violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the mandates of the United States Supreme Court, requiring states to furnish transcripts to indigent defendants for use on appeal, upon request?

Docket Entries

2020-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
2019-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Donald Alexander Spice
Donald A. Spice — Petitioner