counsel-concession

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A600 Raymon Walters v. United States Third Circuit 2025-11-20 Application counsel-concession criminal-defense element-challenge mccoy-right sixth-amendment trial-strategy Whether the Sixth Amendment permits defense counsel to concede an element of a charged crime over the defendant's objection
23-5379 Everett Charles Wills, II v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus counsel-concession criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mens-rea retroactivity right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy When guilt is the sole issue for the jury to decide, is it permissible for counsel to unilaterally concede the essential elements (actus reus and mens…
21-6734 Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky Kentucky 2021-12-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process factual-innocence right-to-counsel trial-strategy Does McCoy apply where the defendant made clear to counsel the objective of the defense is to maintain innocence, only for counsel to then concede gui…
20-7230 Stanley Joseph Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-defense-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana prejudice sixth-amendment trial-strategy Whether the Sixth Amendment permits criminal-defense-counsel to unilaterally-concede-guilt,
19-6127 Steven Justin Villalona v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest counsel-concession ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings law-of-the-case mootness plain-error presumption-of-prejudice substantial-rights What effect does a concession on ineffective assistance of counsel have on the court's ability to adjudicate the merits?