No. 22-6972
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourth-circuit judicial-interpretation mental-illness sentencing
Latest Conference:
2023-03-31
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a General Act violating the Constitution of the United States presents a "question" within the meaning of the Judiciary Act.
Whether the petitioner's misunderstanding as to his plea was correct and the unreasonable delay in the case was an error.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a criminal defendant who is found guilty but mentally ill can be punished as harshly as a defendant found guilty and sane
Docket Entries
2023-04-03
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2023)
Attorneys
Deandre Earp
Deandre Earp — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent