No. 22-496

Jheshua Daniel Jackson v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2022-11-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment in-absentia-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-in-absentia
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the
United States Constitution permit a court to deny a
criminal defendant his request for appointment of
counsel while removing him from court, thereby
trying him in absentia?

2. Do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments allow a
court unfettered discretion to deny a criminal
defendant's in-trial assertion of his right to
counsel?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution permit a court to deny a criminal defendant his request for appointment of counsel while removing him from court, thereby trying him in absentia?

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Colorado to respond filed.
2022-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 28, 2022)
2022-10-14
Application (22A310) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until November 22, 2022.
2022-10-11
Application (22A310) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 23, 2022 to December 22, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Jheshua Jackson
Edward Mark WengerHoltzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC, Petitioner
State of Colorado
Jillian Joy PriceColorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent