No. 24-7467

Eldon Gale Samuel, III v. Terema Carlin, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process juvenile-waiver miranda-rights self-incrimination
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether the state court unreasonably determined that 14-year old Eldon Samuel knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his Miranda rights before speaking to police officers during a custodial interrogation.

II. Whether the state court unreasonably determined that 14-year-old Eldon Samuel knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily provided incriminating statements to police officers during their interrogation of him.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a 14-year-old knowingly and voluntarily waived Miranda rights during custodial interrogation

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-24
Waiver of Terema Carlin of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-24
Waiver of right of respondent Terema Carlin to respond filed.
2025-06-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Eldon Gale Samuel, III
Craig Harrison DurhamFerguson/Durham, PLLC, Petitioner
Terema Carlin
L. LaMont AndersonIdaho Attorney General's Office, Respondent