counsel-communication

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7652 Mark A. Jones v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights counsel-communication criminal-procedure deadline-extension effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Whether this Court's holding in Missouri v. Frye, 566 U.S. 134 (2012), that an attorney has a duty pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to communicate a fo…
21-6606 Akil Tymes v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied IFP counsel-communication criminal-procedure duty-to-communicate favorable-plea-offer ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1) Does counsel perform deficiently in duties/responsibility, to fully inform a defendant during the plea bargaining process, per Missouri v. Frve. 13…
21-221 Blake Cretacci v. Joe Call, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-08-16 Denied civil-rights counsel-communication court-of-appeals-split due-process federal-law legal-representation mailbox-rule prisoner-filing prisoner-representation pro-se-filing standing In Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988), this Court held that filings by prisoners receive the benefit of the mailbox rule, which means that a prisone…
20-6199 Jacob Townley Hernandez v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (11)IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim counsel-communication gag-order habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-order trial-procedure Before trial began, the trial court issued a concededly unjustified gag order that prohibited defense counsel from discussing with the defendant or an…
18-8012 Tasha Michelle Blackburn v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-communication criminal-procedure due-process duty-to-advise ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-acceptance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations professional-responsibility sixth-amendment What donstitutes communicating a plea, and does counsel have an obligation to recommend accepting a plea, or rejecting a plea and proceeding to trial?