Robert Andrew Bartlett, Sr. v. North Carolina
Whether a trial in a state criminal case who is prevented by state law from raising a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, who has a state law to raise such a claim in a first proceeding for a review, has a federal constitutional right to effective first post conviction counsel specially with respect to his ineffective assistance of counsel claim?
Whether a state criminal defendant who is prevented by state law from raising a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, who has a state right to raise such a claim in a first post-conviction proceeding for review, has a federal constitutional right to first post-conviction counsel specifically respect to his ineffective assistance of counsel claim?