counsel-denial

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Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
24-7516	Darrell Allen Hess v. Oklahoma	Oklahoma	2025-06-26	Denied	IFP	counsel-denial fraud-on-court habeas-corpus procedural-bars sixth-amendment state-ground	Whether Oklahoma's application of successive postconviction procedural bars constitutes an adequate and independent state ground precluding federal re…
24-6332	Andrew Jason Peterson v. Wisconsin	Wisconsin	2025-01-17	Denied	Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP	colloquy counsel-denial defendant-rights sequestration-order sixth-amendment trial-court	Under the Sixth Amendment, does a defendant forfeit the right to directly challenge the court's order appeal on the grounds of complete actual or cons…
23-444	Steven Lee Moss v. Gary Miniard, Warden	Sixth Circuit	2023-10-27	Denied	Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)	6th-amendment counsel-denial cronic-exception effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance prejudice sixth-amendment state-action strickland-standard strickland-v-washington united-states-v-cronic	Whether, when counsel is physically present, state action is required before a court may find a complete denial of counsel under Cronic
22-7106	Brian Keith Wells, aka B. K. Wells v. United States	Sixth Circuit	2023-03-24	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	counsel-denial criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing ineffective-assistance procedural-review role-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment sixth-circuit substantive-reasonableness ussg-3b1.1	Whether Mr. Wells' request for new counsel should have been granted
19-8151	Michael John Alcocer Roa v. United States	Eleventh Circuit	2020-04-01	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	constitutional-rights counsel-denial criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process interlocutory-appeal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic	Does an interlocutory appeal constitute a critical stage, and does denial of counsel during an interlocutory appeal violate the Sixth Amendment under …