No. 24-954

Anthony Vetri v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: conflict-of-interest criminal-defense cronic-standard effective-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant must show actual prejudice or can rely on a presumption of prejudice when some, but not all, attorneys in a multi-attorney representation are conflicted, and whether trial counsel's failure to properly present a withdrawal defense should be analyzed under Cronic or Strickland

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

The criminally accused is guaranteed the right to conflict-free, effective counsel under the Sixth Amendment. Given that right, the following questions arise: 1. To show a violation of the right to conflict-free counsel when represented by multiple attorneys, only some of whom are conflicted, must a defendant show actual prejudice under Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668 (1984), or does the presumption of prejudice set forth in Cuyler v. Sullivan , 446 U.S. 335 (1980), apply? 2. Where trial counsel completely misunderstood how to present a withdrawal defense and failed to present affirmative acts of withdrawal as required by Smith v. United States , 568 U.S. 106 (2013), should his conduct have been analyzed under the standard in United States v. Cronic , 466 U.S. 648 (1984), instead of Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668 (1984)?

Docket Entries

2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-03-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2025)

Attorneys

Anthony Vetri
Jerome M. BrownLaw Office of Jerome M. Brown, Petitioner
Jerome M. BrownLaw Office of Jerome M. Brown, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent