No. 19-8091

Vernon Wayne Officer v. Washington

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2020-03-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-procedure
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

D IS iT NOT TRUE ON OCT 12 2O1A, I WAS DENIED RE-ADONTMENT OF COUNSEL, DURING JURY TRIAL, NOT BECAUSE OF DELAY IN TRIAL? BOT BECAUSE I SIQNED RE-APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL SAY TO ME, IM DENYING YOU REAPPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL, BECAUSE / TULD YOU, I WOULD NOT GIVE COUNSEL BACK TO YOU TO CLEAN UP. YOUR MESS,IF I GRANTED YOU PROSE?

3 IS THERE A LAW OR RULE, THAT SAYS I SHOULD BE GRANTED RE-APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL, IF THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A DELAY IN TRIAL?

OUT COUNSEL, AND HAVE EVIDENCE PROVINSG THERE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ANY DELAY IN TRIAL? BY RE-APPOINTING COUNSEL?I'S THIS NOT ABUSE OF DISCRETION?

5) WHO'S RESPONCEABILITY WAS IT THE STATE OF WA, OR THE JUDGE TO GET IN TOECH OF COOWSEL FOR THE PRO-SE DEFENDANT, TO FIND OUT IF HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO JURY TRIAL, WITHOUT A DELAY ION TRIAL?

ABOUT COUET ROOM PROCEDUNES,AND EUSDENCE RULES, NEVER SEEN DISCOVERY. BEFORE OPENING STATEMENT? AND DENIED RE-APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL?

7) IS IT A FAIR TRIAL? WHEN JUDGE ON RECORD SAYS, ITS HARD TO GIVE YOU A FAIC TRIAL, NOT FNOWING COURT ROOM DROCEDUEES, AND EVDENCE RULES, AFTEL ASKIUG FOR RE APPONTIMENT OF COUNSEL? THEN NOT MUAKING A ROLING ON MOTION UNTILL 2 DAYS LATER, JUST BEFORE ALLEDGED VICTON GET ON STAND, DENYING ME RE-APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL?

8) IS IT A FAIR TRIAL WHEN STATE OF INA, KNEW DEFFENDAUT HAD NEVER SEEN DISCOVERY BEFORE THE UNTIMELY DISMISSAL OF COUNSEL, JUST BEFORE OPENING STAYEMENT, ? SHOULDNT THE STATE OF NA, SAIO SOMETHINGTO THE COURT? WAS IT UNTIMELY TO BE GRANTED PROSE?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the denial of the defendant's request for re-appointment of counsel during his jury trial violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-01
Waiver of right of respondent Washington to respond filed.
2020-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 23, 2020)

Attorneys

Vernon W. Officer
Vernon Wayne Officer Jr. — Petitioner
Washington
Amy R. MecklingKing County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Respondent