Germira Lamar Carter v. Michigan
WHERE THE STATE COURTS OF MICHIGAN HAS CONVICTED A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT IN VIOLATION OF HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, IS RELIEF AVAILABLE ON CERTIORARI TO CORRECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION UNDER THE STRICKLAND TEST?
IS RELIEF AVAILABLE WHERE THE STATE OF MICHIGAN HAS CONVICTED A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT ON INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE WHERE THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME WERE NOT PROVEN BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT AS MANDATED BY DUE PROCESS REQUIRING A NEW TRIAL?
Where the state courts of Michigan has convicted a criminal defendant in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, is relief available on certiorari to correct the constitutional violation under the Strickland test?