No. 24-5236

Francisco German Alvarez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: boykin-v-alabama competence-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights due-process guilty-plea united-states-v-ruiz voluntariness waiver
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

In determining the questioned voluntariness of the guilty plea, did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly create confusion when it misapplied the lower standard for competence to stand trial instead of the more demanding Boykin/Ruiz voluntariness analysis to Alvarez's guilty plea?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

In determining the voluntariness of a guilty plea, did the Ninth Circuit improperly apply the competence-to-stand-trial standard instead of the Boykin/Ruiz voluntariness analysis?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-09
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-07-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2024)

Attorneys

Francisco German Alvarez
Ezekiel E. CortezLaw Offices of Ezekiel E. Cortez, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent