No. 20-7724

John K. Wilson v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-standard de-novo-review due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea no-contest-plea plea-bargaining standard-of-review state-court-proceedings
Latest Conference: 2021-06-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is a state court's ruling that a criminal defendant's guilty plea was "voluntary" a constitutional question under the Fourteenth Amendment, subject to de novo review on appeal, or is it a "mixed question of law and fact" reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant is entitled to de novo review of a claim that his guilty plea was involuntary under the Fourteenth Amendment

Docket Entries

2021-06-07
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
2021-05-03
Waiver of right of respondent Ndoh, Warden to respond filed.
2021-04-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 12, 2021)

Attorneys

John Wilson
Stephanie AdraktasLaw Office of Stephanie Ardraktas, Petitioner
Ndoh, Warden
Lisa Ashley OttCalifornia Department of Justice, California Attorney General's Office, Respondent