Christopher Koteras v. Daniel Akers, Warden
When the interaction between the Prosecution's Victim's Advocate and a testifying witness has been determined by the trial court to have enhanced the witness's credibility, has the defendant's constitutional right of confrontation and to due process been violated?
In the constitutional right to a fundamentally fair proceeding does the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment require appellate counsel to provide a minimally competent level of assistance to ensure a meaningful review may occur?
Whether a victim's advocate's non-verbal communication with a child witness during trial constitutes prejudicial error that violates a defendant's right to a fair trial