No. 20-8149
Quinn Palacios Cruz, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
IFP
Tags: conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure cuyler-test habeas-corpus individual-representation ineffective-assistance methodology-of-review multiple-representation supreme-court-review trial-counsel
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
I.
Whether the Cuyler test for ineffective assistance of counsel due to conflict of interest applies to individual cases of representation and not only to multiple representation cases?
II.
Whether the U.S. district courts and circuit courts are obligated to apply the correct methodology of review adopted by this Court?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Cuyler test for ineffective assistance of counsel due to conflict of interest applies to individual cases of representation and not only to multiple representation cases?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 25, 2021)
Attorneys
Quinn Palacios Cruz
Quinn P. Cruz Jr. — Petitioner