No. 20-5569

Carlos Garcia-Toro v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2020-09-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: conflict-of-interest criminal-defense criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment homicide ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution guarantee the right to conflict free counsel if defense counsel represents multiple suspects in the same homicide?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution guarantee the right to conflict free counsel if defense counsel represents multiple suspects in the same homicide?

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Ohio to respond filed.
2020-08-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Carlos Garcia-Toro
John Patrick ParkerAttorney, Petitioner
State of Ohio
Kristen Louise SobieskiCuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent