No. 22-7895

Anthony James Merrick v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence certiorari-appeal civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court had a duty to put on the record a colloquy that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to testify

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-30
Waiver of right of respondent Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. to respond filed.
2023-06-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 31, 2023)

Attorneys

Anthony J. Merrick
Anthony Merrick — Petitioner
Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al.
Casey Douglas BallOffice of the Arizona Attorney General, Respondent