No. 21-6026

Barton R. Gaines v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: brady-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief strickland-standard trial-counsel
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

Like Brady, but with defense counsel (i.e., rather than the prosecutor), does the defendant have a reasonable expectation that his trial counsel will comply with Strickland, or does that reasonable expectation evaporate upon conviction or after trial, unlike in Brady.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant has a reasonable expectation that his trial counsel will comply with Strickland, or does that reasonable expectation evaporate upon conviction or after trial, unlike in Brady

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-10-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Barton R. Gaines
Barton R. Gaines — Petitioner