right-to-counsel-of-choice
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-8205 | Bobby Charles Byrd v. Tim Hooper, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2022-06-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggravated-flight constitutional-rights due-process false-evidence fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel-of-choice sixth-amendment | PCR ISSUES I. Whether Mr. Byrd was denied his right to effective assistance of appellate counsel when counsel failed to litigate non-frivolous issues… |
| 21-5686 | Tobias Soto-Melchor v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlling-precedent counsel-of-choice ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-rule right-to-counsel right-to-counsel-of-choice right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-delay | What is the proper standard for evaluating a defendant's request to exercise his or her Sixth Amendment right to substitute retained counsel of choice… |