counsel-competence

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-5210	Lisa Marie Perez, fka Lisa Marie Belyew v. Lavelle Parker, Warden	Ninth Circuit	2025-07-28	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	counsel-competence criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance mental-coercion plea-bargaining	Whether a defendant must show that counsel was competent to take a plea without mental coercion
21-6024	Dudley Allen Hicks v. Florida	Florida	2021-10-20	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	counsel-competence criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sixth-amendment	What kind of evidence and circumstances must be revealed for a criminal attorney to create a bona fide doubt as to his client's competence to require …