| 22-5904 |
Matthew S. Becker v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-25 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-split habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review standards threshold-determination |
Whether the Court should clarify and resolve the circuit split on the standards to be utilized when deciding the threshold determination on whether to… |
| 22-5429 |
Omar Shariff Cash v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-08-24 |
Denied |
brady-v-maryland circuit-split due-process harmless-error impeachment-evidence materiality standards-of-review suppressed-evidence witness-credibility |
Should this Court resolve the division among the Courts of Appeals and determine the appropriate standard for a court to apply in determining whether … |
| 22-5283 |
Gerald Funk v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-08-04 |
Denied |
consequences constitutional-rights guilty-plea guilty-plea-negotiation ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations plea-offer sixth-amendment trial-counsel trial-strategy |
Whether trial counsel's Sixth Amendment duties require affirmative assistance in guilty-plea decision |
| 21-7611 |
John Charles Eichinger v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-04-13 |
Denied |
capital-trial certificate-of-appealability due-process homicide ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining remorse remorse-mitigation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Did the Third Circuit violate the rule of Hill v. Lockhart and wrongly deny a certificate of appealability on Petitioner's claim that counsel induced … |
| 21-7358 |
Joseph Elliott v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-03-14 |
Denied |
capital-case certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause ineffective-assistance jury-selection out-of-court-statements right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-preparation |
Whether trial counsel was ineffective under Strickland v. Washington where counsel met with petitioner for less than 15 minutes before trial |
| 21A319 |
Joseph Elliott v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-01-12 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
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| 21-949 |
George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Samuel Randolph |
Third Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
continuance continuances counsel-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-procedure forfeiture right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court waiver |
Whether a criminal defendant can forfeit or waive his or her Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice |