No. 20-1065

Christopher Hudler v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2021-02-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extradition fourteenth-amendment in-absentia in-absentia-trial sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2021-03-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether petitioner's judgment of conviction was rendered in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, where petitioner resided in Oregon, no attempt was made to extradite him for trial in Pennsylvania, and he was tried and convicted in absentia.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner's judgment of conviction was rendered in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, where petitioner resided in Oregon, no attempt was made to extradite him for trial in Pennsylvania, and he was tried and convicted in absentia

Docket Entries

2021-03-29
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-02-16
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2021-01-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
D. Peter JohnsonDistrict Attorney Union County, Respondent
Eric Nelson
Eric NelsonEric Nelson, Esq, Petitioner