effective-assistance-counsel
12 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6336 | Joshua J. Lewandowski v. Jefferey Perkins, Superintendent, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center | Ninth Circuit | 2025-12-11 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights effective-assistance-counsel fetal-alcohol-syndrome guilty-plea mental-disability sixth-amendment | A. Does the Sixth Amendment to the United State Constitution require Defense Counsel to ensure A mentally disabled defendants guilty plea tod of Congr… |
| 25-5818 | Clyde Wendell Smith v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2025-10-07 | Denied | IFP | conflict-of-interest effective-assistance-counsel postconviction-relief procedural-bar simultaneous-representation state-court-jurisdiction | Petitioner and his brother were adversely situated codefendants in two separate felony cases over which the same judge presided. That judge appointed … |
| 24-7393 | Walter Aceituno v. United States | First Circuit | 2025-06-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | coram-nobis effective-assistance-counsel immigration-consequences padilla-standard permanent-ban sixth-amendment | 1) Mr. Aceituno, a lawful permanent resident, was advised by his attorney that as a result of his guilty pleas to aggravated felonies in a drug case, … |
| 24-6930 | Demetris Sean Robinson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-04-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court effective-assistance-counsel evidence-suppression fourth-circuit | 1. At issue herein is whether the District Court erred by allowing evidence obtained in violation of petitioner's constitutional rights by State offic… |
| 24-6905 | Jonathon William-Durand Neuhard v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-04-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | autism-representation criminal-defense diminished-capacity effective-assistance-counsel sentencing-mitigation sixth-amendment | WHETHER A TRIAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, REPRESENTING AN ADULT AUTISTIC CRIMINAL DEFENDANT, WHO ENLISTS AS EXPERT WITNESSES TWO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS W… |
| 22-5577 | Marvin Davis v. Kevin Genovese, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2022-09-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-interview child-witness confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-counsel forensic-interviewer hearsay hearsay-statements sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation | (1) WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING THE CHILD VIDEO INTERVIEW AND WHETHER T.C.A. SECTION 24-7-123 IS [UNCONSTITUTIONAL? (2) WHETHER THE PET… |
| 19-7636 | Gerald W. Eiland v. United States | District of Columbia | 2020-02-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 6th-amendment auto-shop-business certificate-of-appealability effective-assistance-counsel expert-testimony franks-challenge ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informant pen-register section-2255 sixth-amendment wiretap-challenge wiretaps | 1. Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying Eiland's motion Pursuant to 28 USC Section 2255 without a hearing? 2. Was Eiland denied eff… |
| 19-6373 | Casey Dullea Peppin v. Washington | Washington | 2019-10-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | art constitutional-interpretation copyright court-determination due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence file-sharing jurisdiction legal-error prejudice sexually-explicit-material source-code | 1. Did The Washington State Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Washington Error by granting as fact that the defendant shared files with the Pu… |
| 19-5234 | Stephen P. Dowdney, Jr. v. Washington | Washington | 2019-07-18 | Denied | IFP | anders-procedure anders-v-california appellate-review direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection mccoy-v-court-of-appeals | 1. DOES WASHINGTON STATE USE THE ANDERS v. CALIFORNIA (386 U.S. 738) PROCEDURE TO CIRCUMVENT A MEANINGFUL DIRECT (FIRST) APPEAL, EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE … |
| 18-9771 | Dennis William Robinson v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-06-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-suppression fair-trial iada-violation jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct speedy-trial suppression-of-evidence | Did State Court violate Petitioner's constitutional rights to due process, to a fair and impartial trial, and to effective assistance of counsel, in t… |
| 18-7876 | Jordie L. Callahan v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-02-08 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 6th-amendment competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel mental-capacity mental-competency mental-evaluation sixth-amendment | Whether a Mentally Deficient Defendant is Entitled to a Competency Hearing or Mental Evaluation to Determine if the Defendant is in Fact Capable of As… |
| 18-5665 | Orestes Cabrera v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-08-20 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | all-writs-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel immigration-consequences nolle-prosequi padilla-claim padilla-v-kentucky retroactivity | WHETHER PETITIONER'S RIGHTS UNDER THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE AND THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WERE VIOLATED WHERE BOTH OF THE LOWER COURTS ERRED IN… |