assigned-counsel

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5959 Robert Ellis v. New York New York 2024-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP assigned-counsel attorney-client-relationship continuity-of-representation court-discretion indigent-defendant sixth-amendment When counsel has been assigned to represent an indigent defendant, has developed a close working relationship, and faces no obstacles to continuing th…
20-8109 Walter Crayton v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-05-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment assigned-counsel child-pornography civil-rights criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process free-speech legal-representation post-conviction search-and-seizure trial-court Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court erred in affirming the defendant's conviction for possession of child pornography, second offense, de…