No. 22-5704

Ronald Buzzard, Jr. v. Washington

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2022-09-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-sentencing judicial-misconduct procedural-fairness sentencing sentencing-modification
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-10-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is Buzzard's judgment and Sentence void and invalid on the face due to the handwritten "fraudulent interlineations" on the face by the sentencing Judge which changed Buzzard's determinate sentence to an indeterminate de facto life sentence without his understanding and not on the transcripts/record as required by controlling case law violating Due Process, Equal Protection, and right to a Fake Sentencing Hearing under the Stryth and 14th Amendments?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the sentencing judge's handwritten 'fraudulent interlineations' on the face of the judgment, which changed the defendant's determinate sentence to an indeterminate de facto life sentence without the defendant's understanding and not on the transcripts/record as required by controlling case law, violated the defendant's due process, equal protection, and right to a fair sentencing hearing under the 5th and 14th Amendments

Docket Entries

2022-10-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-10-04
Waiver of right of respondent Washington to respond filed.
2022-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Ronald Buzzard, Jr.
Ronald Buzzard Jr. — Petitioner
Washington
Amy R. MecklingKing County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Respondent