No. 20-6020

Nasser Mohamad Bazzi v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2020-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interpreter-rights interpreters sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-11-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. WAS THE ARABIC-SPEAKING APPELLANT DENIED EFFECTIVE
ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL DURING CRITICAL STAGES OF THE
PROCEEDINGS, FOR WHICH PREJUDICE IS PRESUMED, WHERE NO
INTERPRETER WAS PRESENT DURING ANY ATTORNEY-CLIENT
MEETINGS, NO INTERPRETER WAS PRESENT DURING THE
INVESTIGATORY PERIOD, AND NO INTERPRETER WAS PRESENT FOR
ANY COURT PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING TRIAL?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the Arabic-speaking appellant denied effective assistance of counsel during critical stages of the proceedings, for which prejudice is presumed, where no interpreter was present during any attorney-client meetings, no interpreter was present during the investigatory period, and no interpreter was present for any court proceedings, including trial?

Docket Entries

2020-11-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
2020-11-02
Waiver of right of respondent Michigan to respond filed.
2020-10-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Michigan
Jon Phillip WojtalaOffice of the Wayne County (Michigan) Prosecutor, Respondent
Nasser Mohamad Bazzi
Rachel Kelly WolfeWolfe Law PLLC, Petitioner