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Michael David Goodwin v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-10706 · judgment July 30, 2019
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below and a circuit split argued in the petition.
Question presented
Whether an attorney’s presence as local counsel, for a criminal defendant’s re-arraignment and change of plea, yet having no attorney-client relationship with the defendant and refusing to advocate for the defendant, violates the criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Carrie Frances Castro
Law Office of Carrie Castro LLC
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
19A435
Order
Order list, March 2, 2020 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 02 2020Petition DENIED.
- Feb 12 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
- Feb 05 2020Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Dec 27 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 2, 2020)
- Oct 21 2019Application (19A435) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 27, 2019.
- Oct 15 2019Application (19A435) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 28, 2019 to December 27, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.