No. 23-6363

Matthew Reid Hinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: competent-counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does an attorney's failure to investigate, interview witnesses, and discuss defenses before advising a guilty plea violate the Sixth Amendment's right to fair trial and competent counsel, and the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented in this petition arose from the proceedings in: the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Duval County, Florida (case number 12-CF-009883); the First District Court of Appeals (State of Florida) (case number 1D14-0375); the United States Middle District Court of Florida (Jacksonville Division) (case number 3: 18-CV1306-J-32JRK); and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (case number 22-11032-F). . ti . . . :

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Ricky D. Dixon to respond filed.
2023-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 26, 2024)

Attorneys

Matthew Reid Hinson
Ricky D. Hinson — Petitioner
Ricky D. Dixon
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General , Respondent