No. 24-6780

Earl Felton Crago, Jr. v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2025-03-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: conviction-review criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2025-05-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a state court defendant, when a state court of conviction lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, can appeal a conviction to a higher state court when the state's statutes do not give them jurisdiction over the subject matter?

2. Whether the Federal Court has jurisdiction to hear upon a successive petition for writ of habeas corpus a claim that the state court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter and therefore did not have jurisdiction to render judgment at conviction to a harsher term of imprisonment?

3. Whether the West Constitution and the Federal Court to sentence, not having subject jurisdiction when a state court offers a citizen to a harsher imprisonment when the state court did not offer jurisdiction to do so?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Court has jurisdiction to hear successive petitions for writ of habeas corpus when state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over a defendant's judgment of conviction

Docket Entries

2025-05-05
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
2025-04-11
Waiver of right of respondent Arizona to respond filed.
2025-02-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 16, 2025)

Attorneys

Arizona
Jason Dale LewisArizona Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Earl F. Crago
Earl Felton Crago Jr. — Petitioner