No. 20-6810

Michael Lanier Watkins v. Georgia

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2021-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion lesser-included-offense sixth-amendment trial-counsel
Key Terms:
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
Howard Walton Anderson IIILaw Office of Howard W. Anderson III, LLC, Petitioner