No. 18-6560

Wendell Weaver v. Walter Nicholson, Warden

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 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
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-12-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Wheat v. United States clearly establish that trial courts must consider reasonable alternatives before disqualifying a criminal defendant's counsel of choice?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does Wheat v. United States, 486 U.S. 158 (1988) clearly establish that trial courts must consider reasonable alternatives before Lote oO disqualifying a criminal defendant’s counsel of choice. . 2. When an entire defense strategy hinges on a critical piece of crossexamination evidence for the prosecution’s only eyewitness, is it clearly established that forgetting to cross-examine the eyewitness on that issue constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland. 3.° Did the Seventh Circuit incorrectly conclude that the Illinois appellate court acted reasonably when it held that the prosecution . did not knowingly use false testimony to convict Mr. Weaver. : i

Docket Entries

2018-12-10
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent Nicholson, Warden to respond filed.
2018-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2018)

Attorneys

Nicholson, Warden
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Wendell Weaver
Wendell Weaver — Petitioner