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William S. Toppi v. Massachusetts
Paid petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 21-P-332 · judgment March 25, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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Whether the sentencing judge and defense counsel were required to recuse themselves after exhibiting clear bias relating to Defendant’s case.
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Whether Defense counsels’ performance fell measurably below that of a normal fallible attorney.
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Whether the sentencing judge made false assertions to the defendant in eliciting the waiver of constitutional rights.
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Whether Massachusetts Appeals Court Rule 23.0 formerly Rule 1:28 is unconstitutional.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William S. Toppi
For respondent
Anna E. Lumelsky
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, February 21, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 21 2023Petition DENIED.
- Jan 25 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
- Jan 19 2023Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
- Oct 18 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2023)