No. 20-5196
IFP
Tags: cooperation-with-state criminal-investigation criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel murder murder-prosecution prosecutorial-conflict sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does counsel under the Fourteenth and Sixth Amendment have an obligation
to effectively assist a defendants cooperation with the State in a murder
prosecution?
2. What actual conflicting interests-exist if the' defendants counsel is
being criminally investigated or prosecuted by the same prosecutors office
that is prosecuting the defendant?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does counsel under the Fourteenth and Sixth Amendment have an obligation to effectively assist a defendant's cooperation with the State in a murder prosecution?
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 31, 2020)
Attorneys
David McConnell
David McConnell — Petitioner