Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky
DueProcess
Is a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel, and the right to control the objective of the defense, violated, under the Court's recent decision of McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500 (2018), when, after settling on an innocence defense the client desired, and after informing the jury that the client is innocent, counsel concedes, during closing argument, guilt of some of the charged offenses without first informing and consulting the client?
Is a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel, and the right to control the objective of the defense, violated, under the Court's recent decision of McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500 (2018), when, after settling on an innocence defense the client desired, and after informing the jury that the client is innocent, counsel concedes, during closing argument, guilt of some of the charged offenses without first informing and consulting the client?