flat-fee-contract

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7119 Brian J. Dorsey v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2024-04-02 Denied IFP appointed-counsel capital-murder conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-v-sullivan flat-fee-contract ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland When Brian Dorsey faced capital-murder charges, he was appointed counsel who were paid a very low flat fee of $12,000 each. Chris Slusher, having rece…
23A876 Brian J. Dorsey v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2024-04-02 Denied capital-case conflict-of-interest effective-assistance flat-fee-contract ineffective-counsel sixth-amendment Whether, where appointed counsel in a capital case had a flat-fee contract and failed to investigate or challenge a capital murder charge to the clien…