1. Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provide children a right to counsel at all proceedings where their liberty is at stake?
2. For adults, this Court has developed the Strickland and Cronic standards to evaluate claims of ineffective representation, even where the right to counsel emanates from the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Do children also deserve application of these standards as a minimum safeguard to ensure them objectively reasonable representation and fundamentally fair delinquency proceedings?
3. Does a child facing a prison commitment as a result of delinquency proceedings possess autonomy to control the objectives of their defense?
Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provide children a right to counsel at all proceedings where their liberty is at stake?