Christopher David Mayhall v. United States
Whether the decision of the United State s Cour t of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
("Fifth Circuit")–whi ch denied an ineffective assistance of counse l claim base d on a confli ct
of interest despite a request to remand for a hearing on the claim–conf licts with the
decisions of this Cour t on an important matte r and therefore the decision by the Fifth Circuit
calls for an exercise of this Cour t's supervisory powers such that a comp elling reason is
presented in support of di scretionar y review by thi s Honor able Cour t.
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim based on a conflict-of-interest despite a request to remand for a hearing on the claim