criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns

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23-7764 Leon Davis, Jr. v. Florida, et al. Florida 2024-06-20 Denied IFP bad-acts ballistics-evidence capital-case criminal-evidence criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns ineffective-assistance other-crimes-evidence postconviction-review prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel Whether in a case with no direct evidence connecting the defendant to the crime except the introduction of evidence of other crimes or bad acts, the S…
19-8013 Keith Alexander v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-03-17 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns criminal-sentencing due-process federal-appellate-review firearms ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation mandatory-minimum mental-capacity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Question not identified.
19-7792 In Re David Lopez 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-3231 actual-innocence cause-and-effect-doctrine constitutional-violation criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default structural-error subject-matter-jurisdiction (1) WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT'S UNAVAILING DEFENSE OF THE INDEFENSIBLE, WITH RESPECT TO THE INDICTMENT, INADEQUATE JURY INSTRUCTIONS, AND THE CONSTRUCTI…
19-7407 Paula Bennett v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP closeness-of-case constitutional-deficiency criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns cumulative-errors cumulative-prejudice ineffective-assistance prejudice prejudice-analysis reasonable-likelihood sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard strickland-v-washington sufficiency-of-evidence sufficiency-of-the-evidence trial-counsel 1. Whether, under Strickland, a court may conduct a prejudice analysis that focuses solely on the sufficiency of the evidence presented, or must it in…
19-7228 Jerry Carter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chain-of-custody confidential-informant confrontation-clause criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-8th-amendment-confrontation-cla criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns eighth-circuit evidence harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel napue-violation strickland-standard Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in rejecting the Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by "We also find no abuse of discretion in entering the decision the admission, with a limiting ins…
19-7146 David Rapoport v. Robert Gilmore, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns death-penalty due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance life-without-parole plea-bargaining sentencing waiver-of-appeal-rights 1. Was the petitioner's counsel ineffective in pre-trial stages? 2. Was the petitioner's counsel ineffective during the plea-bargaining process? 3. …
18-9525 Mark A. Harris v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility credibility-determination criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parole-eligibility plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Extending Strickland v. Washington's general prejudice standard for ineffective assistance of counsel claims to ineffective assistance of counsel stem…
18-6816 Vicente Garcia v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-battery constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment [1] WHETHER THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN ITS HOLDING THAT GARCIA HAD FAILED TO SHOW A DENIAL OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL SIXTH AMENDMENT RI…
18-6132 Marlon Oliver v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2011 plea offer not requiring cooperation and def criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining plea-offer right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. WHETHER THERE IS A REASONABLE PROBABILITY THAT THE COURT BELOW WOULD VACATE PETITIONER'S CONVICTION, GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THIS COURT'…
18-5068 Taliyah Taylor v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 compulsory-process criminal-defense criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns depraved-indifference due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-counsel mental-disease-defect mental-disease-or-defect mental-health post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington wiggins-v-smith Does defense counsel in a second degree depraved indifference murder case violate the requirements of Strickland v. Washington by failing to investiga…