| 25-5026 |
C. M. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services |
Texas |
2025-07-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-protective-services counsel-effectiveness dependency-proceeding due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-rights |
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires effective assistance of counsel in a dependency proceeding where parental rights w… |
| 23-6999 |
Ronald Monique Best v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-effectiveness criminal-procedure defendant-representation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy |
Is it permissible for counsel to unilaterally concede the actual charge act of the offense when guilt and punishment is the sole issue for the jury? |
| 19-5842 |
William Sim Spencer v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actus-reus counsel-effectiveness due-process fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel irrebuttable-presumption sex-offender-registration sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations |
Where it can be shown that the order to register as a sex offender is not limited in scope to stand on a valid guilty plea supported by the effective … |
| 19-5703 |
Eric Massey v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-effectiveness critical-stage effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Was the real question before the court counsel's effectiveness? |