No. 22-5304
Nuelito Morel-Vargas v. Connecticut
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment waiver waiver-doctrine
Latest Conference:
2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Do the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments require a canvass of the defendant prior to a constitutionally valid waiver of the fundamental, personal right to testify?
2. Is a constitutionally invalid waiver of the right to testify structural error requiring reversal, or subject to the constitutional harmless error inquiry?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Constitution requires a canvass on the right to testify
Docket Entries
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent Connecticut to respond filed.
2022-08-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 7, 2022)
Attorneys
Connecticut
James Arthur Killen — Office of Chief State Attorney, Respondent
Nuelito Morel-Vargas
Megan Lynne Wade — Sexton & Company, LLC, Petitioner