continuance-motion
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A166 | Jason Elysse v. Florida | Florida | 2025-08-07 | Presumed Complete | continuance-motion criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion | Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional right to counsel is violated when a trial court denies a last-minute motion to substitute private counse… | |
| 20-6294 | Richard L. Sealey v. Benjamin Ford, Warden | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-11-12 | Denied | IFP | capital-trial continuance continuance-motion due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence penalty-phase prejudice trial-court-discretion | Whether the denial of a defense motion for a continuance during the penalty phase of a capital trial violates due process |