| 25A600 |
Raymon Walters v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-11-20 |
Application |
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counsel-concession criminal-defense element-challenge mccoy-right sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6094 |
Chimene Hamilton Onyeri v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing law-enforcement-testimony rico-conspiracy sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
I. Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine whether a defendant is denied his Sixth Amendment right to conflict-free counsel where trial co… |
| 24-7086 |
Bakari Abdul Brown v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-conflict constitutional-law criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance prior-conviction trial-strategy |
IWhen the prejudice effect of the name and nature of a prior r~~i i
felony conviction in proving felon status, during the guilt phase
of trial, can b… |
| 24-6437 |
Armando Molina v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-defense defendant-rights defense-counsel entrapment sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to determine the objectives of one's own defense is violated when defense counsel, against the defendant's wishes, s… |
| 24-5896 |
Matthew Myke v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2024-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
character-evidence criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance sexual-assault trial-strategy witness-testimony |
1. In a criminal case involving accusations of sexual assault in which the prosecution relies solely upon the testimony of the complainant, is it inef… |
| 24-5838 |
Joseph Boswell, Sr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split count-of-conviction evidentiary-standard spillover-prejudice trial-strategy |
When an appellate court vacates some, but not all, counts of conviction on appeal, what standard or test should the appellate court apply to determine… |
| 24A362 |
Utah v. Douglas A. Lovell |
Utah |
2024-10-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
capital-murder ineffective-assistance mitigation-witness religious-testimony strickland-standard trial-strategy |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6999 |
Ronald Monique Best v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-effectiveness criminal-procedure defendant-representation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
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i4 ever (ptrrms&ible 'vor cooesei bo motae. -Vine urn lateral decision
4o can eer… |
| 23-6316 |
Daniel Vincent v. Chad Wakefield, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
alternative-suspects conflict-with-circuits due-process eyewitness-testimony identification-evidence ineffective-assistance jury-instructions mistaken-identification sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
I. Is a defendant denied due process of law if he properly presents a claim to both the State and Federal Courts and neither Court addresses the claim… |
| 23-6139 |
Milton Dwayne Gobert v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
client-instructions habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel per-se-rule sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington substitution-of-counsel trial-counsel trial-strategy |
1. Does this Court's clearly established precedent under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), and its progeny permit lower courts to hold th… |
| 23-5541 |
Mark A. Hartle v. New York |
New York |
2023-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-interest criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-inquiry professional-ethics professional-responsibility prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel trial-strategy |
Is a criminal defendant denied their right to effective assistance of counsel when there are indications, of which the defendant was unaware, that tri… |
| 23-5379 |
Everett Charles Wills, II v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2023-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actus-reus counsel-concession criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mens-rea retroactivity right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
When guilt is the sole issue for the jury to decide, is it permissible for counsel to unilaterally concede the essential elements (actus reus and mens… |
| 22-7877 |
Corey Coggins v. Murray Tatum, Warden |
Georgia |
2023-06-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel joint-defense-agreement sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy |
Is it ineffective assistance of counsel (guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution) for a client's court-appointed attorn… |
| 22-7491 |
Orlando Ocasio v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony expert-witness fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-evidence trial-strategy |
As in Mr.Ocasio's case where there was no introduction of any defense whatsoever and the Monroe County Court, Western District Court, and the Second C… |
| 22-7426 |
George Donald Hatt, Jr. v. Washington |
Washington |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel informed-consent informed-decision mandatory-minimums offender-score plea-bargain plea-negotiations trial-strategy |
Does effective assistance of counsel in a plea bargain context require that counsel actually and substantially assist a client in deciding whether to … |
| 22-7407 |
Derrick D. Hayes v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2023-04-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance prejudice right-to-counsel trial-strategy |
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| 22-7126 |
Andre Chandler, aka Mac Dre v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights due-process government-misconduct prejudice sixth-amendment trial-strategy witness-cooperation witness-debriefing |
Did the government violate Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights when it debriefed a witness who, by the time of trial was clearly cooperating with the … |
| 22-6350 |
Raul Alvarez v. New York |
New York |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-rights court-objection criminal-defense criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
Must a client object in open court to invoke their Sixth Amendment right to maintain actual innocence as the objective of their defense? |
| 22-5619 |
Deonte Lewis v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
competency-challenge constitutional-law constitutional-right due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-presumption performance-competency strickland strickland-standard trial-strategy |
Whether the presumption of reasonable trial strategy that this Court articulated in Strickland created an irrebuttable bar to performance competency c… |
| 22-5283 |
Gerald Funk v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consequences constitutional-rights guilty-plea guilty-plea-negotiation ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations plea-offer sixth-amendment trial-counsel trial-strategy |
1. Whether trial counsel's Sixth Amendment duties to a client during the
guilty-plea negotiation stages require him to affirmatively assist a
client i… |
| 22-5091 |
Tyre Bradbury v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
all-or-nothing-strategy criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-consultation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-strategy lesser-included-offenses performance-deficiency strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy |
Is the decision not to tender available lesser included offense instructions in order to instead pursue an "all or nothing " strategy an "important de… |
| 22-5047 |
Jermaine Blackwell v. Jeff Nines, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-07-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargain plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing trial-counsel trial-strategy |
1. Did the lower .Court error in Not finding that the Petitioner
Trial Counsel committed ineffective assistance of Counsel
when trial counsel misadv… |
| 21-8174 |
Scott Svoboda v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2022-06-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-client-privilege attorney-client-relationship confiscation criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
Whether a criminal defendant is denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel when the prosecutor purposely interferes with the attorney-cli… |
| 21-8135 |
Zachary Chandler v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-testing criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-sympathy sixth-amendment sympathy-defense trial-strategy |
I.
WHETHER COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE COUNSEL'S DEFENSE STRATEGY WAS TO HAVE CHANDLER WEAR PRISON ATTIRE IN ORDER TO GARNER THE JURY'S SYMPATHY?
… |
| 21-8044 |
Bobby Dewayne Thompson, II v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process firearm-possession ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions right-to-counsel second-amendment trial-strategy |
Did trial counsel entirely fail to present a defense to illegally possessing a firearm by conceding that Thompson possessed a gun when the court's ins… |
| 21-7737 |
Justin L. Douglas v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2022-04-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights counsel criminal-trial due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence search-and-seizure standing trial-strategy |
1. Supreme Court of Wisconsin error in not ruling on my right to have counsel
2. Supreme Court of Wisconsin error in ruling on my attorney ineffectiv… |
| 21-7651 |
Manuel Martinez v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel miranda-rights post-conviction-relief trial-strategy |
1) If a DNA Exculpatory Wearing the-Release Cause-Tested 4th right he had Be-To /e PM iMiAe^e^ o-f fAii /vtvlur^ . W<aA kjo hlAMUr ok/ the DfV/1 £v/D£… |
| 21-1146 |
Gary McClain v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-02-17 |
Denied |
|
client-autonomy criminal-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel fundamental-rights right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-strategy |
This Court held in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500 (2018), that defense counsel may not concede his client's guilt in the guilt phase of trial if … |
| 21-1080 |
Jacky Scott Garrett v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-04 |
Denied |
|
capital-murder constitutional-review extraneous-offense-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudicial-error standard-of-review strategic-decision trial-strategy |
1. Petitioner's trial counsel accidentally opened the
door to devastating extraneous offense evidence.
Could reasonable jurists disagree with the dist… |
| 21-6897 |
Ramon Torres Ruelas v. Troy Bowser, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-sex-case child-sex-crimes credibility-of-witnesses criminal-defense evidentiary-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lack-of-admissions lack-of-eyewitness-testimony lack-of-physical-evidence trial-strategy witness-credibility |
Whether it is an unreasonable determination of the facts and the law to conclude that trial counsel need not investigate witnesses with critical infor… |
| 21-6734 |
Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2021-12-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process factual-innocence right-to-counsel trial-strategy |
1) Does McCoy apply where the defendant made clear to counsel the objective of the defense is to maintain innocence, only for counsel to then concede … |
| 21-6164 |
Julia Lagunas-Hernandez v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof cell-phone-search constitutional-rights defense-counsel fair-trial jury marital-communication marital-communications prosecutorial-misconduct trial-strategy |
1. Whether the United States committed prosecutorial misconduct, depriving Petitioner of a fair trial when it shifted burden of proof by stating that … |
| 21-5363 |
Christopher Cope v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
client-autonomy constitutional-right criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
1. Whether petitioner was denied his constitutional right to have effective assistance of counsel when trial counsel admitted petitioner's guilt at tr… |
| 20-8444 |
Dustin Melvin Davison v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2021-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy defense-counsel due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel guilt-concession right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
Is it unconstitutional to allow defense counsel to concede any aspect of guilt over defendant's unambiguously expressed desire to maintain actual inno… |
| 20-8051 |
Lucas Kenneth Sabatino v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-capacity prejudicial-error sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
Whether defense counsel committed prejudicial ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to raise issues relating to defendant's mental capacity at … |
| 20-7893 |
Anthony Edward Bridget v. California |
California |
2021-04-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
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| 20-7616 |
Deshun Thomas v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
constructive-denial cronic cronic-standard effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions sentencing sixth-amendment trial-counsel trial-strategy |
Is a defendant constructively denied the assistance of counsel under United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (1984), when trial counsel tells the jury t… |
| 20-7230 |
Stanley Joseph Thompson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-defense-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana prejudice sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
1. Whether the Sixth Amendment permits criminal
defense counsel to unilaterally concede his client's
guilt before the jury at trial—over the defendant… |
| 20-7214 |
Eric Kurt Patrick v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
fifth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-bias sixth-amendment trial-strategy voir-dire |
Where the purpose of voir dire is to empanel an impartial jury as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, but an actual biased juror is not removed for cau… |
| 20-637 |
Darrell Hemphill v. New York |
New York |
2020-11-10 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence evidence-law hearsay-exception right-to-confrontation testimonial-hearsay trial-strategy |
A litigant's argumentation or introduction of evidence at trial is often deemed to "open the door" to the admission of responsive evidence that would … |
| 20-5708 |
Fagbemi Miranda v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2020-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-rights fundamental-decision fundamental-decisions legal-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
Does the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to make fundamental decisions about his case include the right to choose which defense to present at trial? |
| 20-5217 |
David Kelsey Sparre v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
adolescent-brain-development brain-development constitutional-rights first-degree-murder harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-sentencing prejudice trial-strategy |
1. Whether trial counsel's failure to investigate and execute the defense trial strategy, which would have significantly undermined the State's case f… |
| 19-7325 |
Hope K. Kantete v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-process post-conviction-relief right-to-trial section-2255 sentencing trial-strategy |
1.) Whether the lower courts erred by foiling to rule or even consider on the record whether Ms Kantete was advised of her "risk factors " in proceedi… |
| 19-7054 |
Philip Rogers v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure drug-use evidence foreseeability ineffective-assistance reasonable-doubt trial-strategy vehicular-homicide |
Philip Rogers was driving after several drinks. Ahead of him a woman was jaywalking, possibly obscured by two bicyclists also crossing. When he saw th… |
| 19-6731 |
Travell Henry v. Patrick Warren, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment trial-strategy witness witness-testimony |
I. WAS MR. HENRY 'S TRIAL COUNSEL, PATRICK NYENHUS, FAILED TO PROVIDE CONSTITUTIONALLY EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL?
A). Counsel was ineffective w… |
| 19-6558 |
Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process federal-court-review federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-findings state-court state-court-deference strickland-v-washington trial-strategy wilson-v-sellers witness-investigation |
1. Whether Wilson v. Sellers requires faithful adherence to the last reasoned decision of a state court, or may federal courts bolster such a decision… |
| 19-6141 |
Donnie Ray Jose v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process judicial-discretion plea-negotiations prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions trial-strategy |
When a federal prosecutor concedes a serious discovery violation shortly before trial, should the district court's response take into account, among o… |
| 19-6069 |
Kevin Dewitt Skaggs v. Ron Baker, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sixth-amendment cumulative-analysis evidence expert-consultation expert-witness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel overwhelming-evidence pre-trial-investigation sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy |
Whether defense counsel performs unreasonably under the Sixth Amendment if their pre-trial and trial investigations and strategies are based on their … |
| 19-5836 |
Dennis Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-ruling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-error plea-bargaining prejudice reasonable-performance reasonable-probability sixth-amendment standard-of-review strickland-v-washington trial-fairness trial-strategy |
Question not identified. |
| 19-5769 |
Daniel J. Whitt v. Michele Buckner, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof due-process expert-testimony eyewitness-identification ineffective-assistance-of-counsel line-up-procedure lineup-procedures police-procedure trial-strategy |
DID TRIAL ATTORNEY PRE-TRIAL ZEEE CVE 1E HE TARAUEN 11S onl Me LIGENGE. BY WAITING 720 Lott, FAILED 70 SECURE AN EXPERT WITNESS ON LINE-UP TbéAr7 ~Fic… |
| 18-8689 |
Joel Glaston Muir v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
clear-record constitutional-rights criminal-homicide criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel known-eyewitness legal-review lesser-degree-homicide postconviction-review right-to-counsel standard-of-review trial-counsel trial-strategy |
I. Whether initial-postconviction review counsel provided ineffective assistance where counsel failed in the most basic sense to litigate a claim of i… |
| 18-8070 |
Billie Wayne Coble v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
counsel-objection criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-precedent objection right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
In the wake of this Court's decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500 (2018), two questions have emerged in the courts called on to apply that c… |
| 18-6793 |
Derrick Lamont Booth v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fire-investigation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel nfpa-921 sixth-amendment standard-of-review standard-protocols trial-strategy |
Whether the state court violated Mr. Booths 6th Amendment Rights, when it clearly showed that due to his counsels unprofessional errors and la:jk of t… |
| 18-6725 |
Charles Wayne Bussell v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2018-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-hearing post-conviction-relief postconviction-hearing sixth-amendment tainted-testimony trial-strategy witness-testimony |
After Petitioner was convicted of robbery and murder, the state court decided that Defense counsel's cross-examination of two critical witnesses was i… |
| 18-6174 |
Edward Lang v. David Bobby, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
deficient-performance due-process false-evidence false-theory ineffective-assistance juror-tampering presumption-of-prejudice reasonable-strategy reasonable-trial-strategy strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy |
A. Can the presentation of false evidence, in support of a false theory, that trial counsel knew or should have known was false, ever constitute a rea… |
| 18-5985 |
Jeffery Dana Sparks v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Oregon |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination death-penalty evidence-presentation expert-testimony expert-witnesses ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecution-experts prosecution-theory trial-strategy |
Whether defense counsel in a death penalty trial provided effective assistance where that counsel failed thoroughly to prepare to cross-examine forese… |
| 18-5751 |
William Burke v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-process constitutional-fairness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-review fair-trial judicial-review jury-instructions post-conviction-review prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct trial-strategy |
At what point does it become fundamentally unfair to 'adjust the charges to the evidence'? In this instance, the State adjusted the charges, and by ex… |
| 18-5184 |
Ahmad Sayed Hashimi v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-10 |
GVR |
IFP |
appeal criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel right-to-maintain-innocence sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent trial-strategy |
Whether the case of United States v. Ahmad Hashimi, (No. 16-4846 - Fourth Cir.) should be remanded for review and decision by the Fourth Circuit Court… |