No. 25-5281

Tony Lamons Gooch, III v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2025-08-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance structural-error
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a State court judgment shows counsel of record was ineffective during all three phases of litigation, and a defendant is permanently-barred from presenting the claim on appeal, does that result in a structural error?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

" I. "When a State court judgment is shown that counsel of record was ineffective during all three phases of litigation including pre-trial, trial phase, and sentencing phase, and a defendant is permanently-barred from presenting the claim on appeal, after he raises the claim more than once, does that Appellate procedure result in a structural error? II. When a defendant is punished for two convictions arising from the same criminal offense, is that standard consistent with Congress Congressional Intent? III. Whether a State Supreme Court unconstitutionally forfeits an accused rights to be protected from double jeopardy when it instructs criminal defendants to file a motion for new trial in order to raise issues on appeal? (Issue Of First Impression) Filed 07/28/25 Page 2 of 33 (Ineffective Assistance Challenge Banned In State Court) i r "

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-29
Waiver of Tennessee of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-29
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
2024-12-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2025)

Attorneys

Tennessee
Ronald Lacey ColemanTennessee Attorney General and Reporter, Respondent
Tony L. Gooch
Tony Lamons Gooch III — Petitioner