No. 20-5844
Horacio Santamaria, Jr. v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-error constitutional-rights due-process grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct
Latest Conference:
2020-11-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT'S UNAVAILING DEFENSE OF THE INDEFENSIBLE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDICTMENT, INADEQUATE JURY INSTRUCTIONS, PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT OUTSIDE THE GRAND JURY, AND CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL OF COUNSEL, WERE CLEARLY PREJUDICIAL TO HORACIO SANTAMARIA, FOR WHICH BY ANY STANDARD OF REVIEW, THE COURT SHOULD FIND COUNSEL'S PERFORMANCE HOPELESSLY DEFICIENT, BORDERING ON CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL OF COUNSEL
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the government's unavailing defense of the indefensible with respect to the indictment, inadequate jury instructions, prosecutorial misconduct outside the grand jury, and constructive denial of counsel, were clearly prejudicial to Horacio Santamaria
Docket Entries
2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 30, 2020)
Attorneys
Horacio Santamaria
Horacio Santamaria Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent