No. 19-8804

A. M. v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2020-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment counsel-representation due-process fair-proceedings fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-delinquency liberty-interest right-to-counsel
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provide children a right to counsel at all proceedings where their liberty is at stake?

2. For adults, this Court has developed the Strickland and Cronic standards to evaluate claims of ineffective representation, even where the right to counsel emanates from the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Do children also deserve application of these standards as a minimum safeguard to ensure them objectively reasonable representation and fundamentally fair delinquency proceedings?

3. Does a child facing a prison commitment as a result of delinquency proceedings possess autonomy to control the objectives of their defense?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provide children a right to counsel at all proceedings where their liberty is at stake?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2020-06-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2020)

Attorneys

A. M.
Joel Craig WienekeWieneke Law Office, LLC, Petitioner
Indiana
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent