No. 23-6743

Loren J. Larson, Jr. v. Alaska

Lower Court: Alaska
Docketed: 2024-02-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-claims effective-assistance effective-representation exhaustion-requirement exhaustion-requirements habeas-corpus procedural-default sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Sixth Amendment right to 'effective representation' require that an attorney provide meaningful, conflict free consultation prior to the attorney forfeiting the defendant's right to federal review of constitutional claims?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does the Sixth Amendment right to "effective representation" require that an attorney provide meaningful, conflict free consultation prior to the attorney forfeiting the defendant's right to federal review of constitutional claims that the attorney briefed, to preserve for federal habeas corpus review, yet were undecided by the State's Court System which, because of exhaustion 7 requirements, would procedurally default the claims from federal habeas corpus review under 28 U.S.C § 2254?

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-02-27
Waiver of right of respondent Alaska to respond filed.
2024-01-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 15, 2024)

Attorneys

Alaska
Eric Alan RingsmuthState of Alaska, Office of Criminal Appeals, Respondent
Eric Alan RingsmuthState of Alaska, Office of Criminal Appeals, Respondent
Loren Larson
Loren J. Larson Jr. — Petitioner
Loren J. Larson Jr. — Petitioner