No. 20-6810
Michael Lanier Watkins v. Georgia
Tags: criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion lesser-included-offense sixth-amendment trial-counsel
Key Terms:
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Latest Conference:
2021-03-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did Petitioner receive ineffective assistance of counsel?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Did Petitioner receive ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel, against Petitioner’s instruction, asked the trial court to return a conviction on a lesser-included offense that had not been specifically charged? i
Docket Entries
2021-03-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2020-12-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2021)
Attorneys
Michael Watkins