wheat-v-united-states

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-1356 Eduardo Lopez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied appellate-rights conflict-of-interest counsel-disqualification criminal-procedure disqualification guilty-plea sixth-amendment structural-defect wheat-v-united-states 1. Following Class v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 798 (2018), does a criminal defendant's guilty plea result in the automatic waiver of his right to app…
20-547 Luis Xadiel Cruz Vazquez v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-26 Denied Response Waived brady-violation certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel mickens-v-taylor sixth-amendment united-states-v-decologero wheat-v-united-states 1. In refusing to issue a COA, did the First Circuit apply a novel, harsher standard requiring Petitioner to prove actual intent by conflicted counsel…
18-6560 Wendell Weaver v. Walter Nicholson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure disqualification eyewitness-testimony ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-alternatives right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-court wheat-v-united-states Does Wheat v. United States, 486 U.S. 153 (1988) clearly establish that trial courts must consider reasonable alternatives before disqualifying a crim…