No. 19-8748

Nathan Daniel Knuth v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2020-06-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHETHER SECTION 16-5-402 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AS IT CREATES A TIME BAR TO ATTACK PRIOR CONVICTIONS
BASED SOLELY ON THE PASSAGE OF TIME, WHICH INTURN VIOLATES DUE PROCESS
OF LAW UNDER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION,
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION IS AFFECTING MR. KNUTH AND THOUSANDS OF
THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED.

II. WHETHER COLORADO'S PROCESS OF INTENTIONALLY THWARTING DUE PROCESS OF
IT'S HABITUAL CRIMINAL STATUTES IN ORDER TO COERCE WAIVERS OF RIGHTS
HAS VIOLATED MR. KNUTH'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF
THOUSANDS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant legal principles

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-10
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
2020-05-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Colorado
L. Andrew CooperOffice of the Colorado Attorney General, Respondent
Nathan Knuth
Nathan Daniel Knuth — Petitioner