No. 21-1072
Steven Carrol DeMocker v. Arizona
Response Waived
Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-question implausible-defense ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-strategy right-to-counsel third-party-culpability
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2022-03-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
This petition presents the question whether offering
an implausible third-party culpability defense violates a defendant's right to the effective assistance of
counsel where there is a readily available, coherent,
and compelling defense.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether offering an implausible third-party culpability defense violates a defendant's right to the effective assistance of counsel
Docket Entries
2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arizona to respond filed.
2022-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2022)
Attorneys
State of Arizona
Steven A. Young — Yavapai County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Steven DeMocker
John Robert Mills — Phillips Black, Petitioner