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Wayne Johnson v. First District Appellate Project, et al.
IFP petition · Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, No. A168243 · judgment November 20, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Question presented
I. Whether an attorney appointed at public expense has a fiduciary duty to a criminal defendant to not disclose confidential communications in an environment that is accessible and made available to the opposing counsel. II. Whether an attorney who eviscerates the fiduciary duty to his client by disclosing confidential communications has violated his client’s Sixth and / or Fourteenth Amendment rights and exposed himself to civil damages.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Wayne Jerome Johnson
For respondent
Mark P. Edson
Bennett, Gelini & Gelini
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jul 17 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 10 2025Waiver of right of respondent Mark Duane Johnson, William J. Capriola, James Bradely O'Connell and the First District Appellate Project to respond filed.
- Jun 10 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 11, 2025.
- Jun 06 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 11, 2025 to July 11, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 01 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 11, 2025)