No. 23A461

Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2023-11-21
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: constitutional-right court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief unitary-review
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court-appointed criminal defense counsel can constitutionally deny an indigent defendant representation by forcing a choice between direct appeal or post-conviction relief, thereby potentially violating the defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel

Docket Entries

2023-11-27
Application (23A461) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 9, 2024.
2023-11-16
Application (23A461) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 11, 2023 to February 9, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Sean M. Donahue
Sean M. Donahue — Petitioner