counsel-waiver
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5646 | John C. Miller v. Indiana | Indiana | 2025-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment state-constitution | Whether of not the decision made on March 13, 2025 by the Indiana Supreme Court was in error. Based on the substantive argument made by the Defendant'… |
| 24-6642 | Hubert Glenn Sexton, Jr. v. Tennessee | Tennessee | 2025-02-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-rights counsel-waiver due-process self-representation sixth-amendment | Under Tennessee law, defense counsel in criminal trials has the power to make strategic decisions, including decisions to exercise or waive rights gua… |
| 24-6239 | Charles Randy Bowlds, Jr. v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2025-01-08 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review counsel-waiver criminal-procedure due-process supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit | Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals approached this matter of first impression, re-appointment of counsel after a valid waiver of counsel, … |
| 23-5977 | Sean Overstreet v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-11-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure due-process right-to-be-present sentencing supervised-release waiver | May counsel waive a criminal defendant's right to be present during the portion of his sentence in which special conditions of supervised release are … |
| 22-5472 | Aaron Michael Shamo v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-08-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | anti-drug-abuse-act chemical-compound chemical-compounds controlled-substance counsel-waiver cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-distribution drug-sentencing eighth-amendment essential-elements fentanyl statutory-interpretation | In 1986, Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which provided for a mandatory life without parole sentence for drug offenders who distributed very … |
| 21-7092 | Epati Malauulu v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-02-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2255 constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief section-2255 waiver | Whether, Despite a Waiver, Malauulu Can Properly Raise Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims Under 18 U.S.C. § 2255? |
| 20-652 | George Georgiou v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-11-12 | Denied | Response Waived | 28-usc-2255 brady-v-maryland brady-violation certificate-of-appealability counsel-waiver due-process napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct rule-8c witness-testimony | Whether the order of the court of appeals denying a certificate of appealability should be reversed and remanded, because it is manifestly incorrect t… |
| 18-9308 | Clarence Scranage, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment | Whether Petitioner waived his Fifth and Sixth Amendment Rights to Counsel, by being forced to represent himself by the lower Court, pro-se, without th… |
| 18-8247 | Patrick Joseph Kofalt v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-03-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-waiver due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waivers | Are all ineffective assistance of counsel waivers per se invalid because they violate the Sixth Amendment's right to conflict-free representation? Di… |