| 25-5621 |
Ja'Kroi Allen Banks v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
critical-stage due-process ineffective-assistance plea-withdrawal pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment |
Ja'Krai Banks filed an 11.07 on August 23, 2019. Banks received an affidavit from Private Investigator James McKay in March of 2020. Banks used McKay'… |
| 24-6774 |
Alberto Rivera v. Tim Thomas, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-of-choice critical-stage law-enforcement right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substitute-counsel |
Can law enforcement officials refuse to honor a defendant's request for the presence of their retained counsel at a "critical stage" without a counter… |
| 24-6617 |
Cedric Dwayne Poore v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2025-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-right counsel-appointment critical-stage dna-act hearsay-exception post-conviction-procedure |
1. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that an omitted
claim implicating an excited utterance, an exception to the hearsay rule, is… |
| 24A545 |
Bartholomew Granger v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
capital-murder constitutional-deficiency critical-stage ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5487 |
Michael Ravy v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2024-09-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-attack constitutional-right criminal-proceeding critical-stage due-process sixth-amendment |
This Honorable Court is being asked to determine whether an evidentiary hearing, following a collateral attack on a conviction, constitutes a critical… |
| 24-5485 |
Onofre Serrano v. California |
California |
2024-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
critical-stage due-process harmless-error ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel waiver-of-counsel |
1. Whether reasonable jurist could debate the state court of appeals conclusion that Petitioner's waiver of the right to counsel was voluntary, knowin… |
| 23-7661 |
Muhammad E. Milhouse v. New York City Department of Homeless Services, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-representation civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing victim-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6551 |
Steven McGauley v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings critical-stage due-process effective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-bias right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing |
Whether the trial court erred where the trial court denied McGauley's defense motion without weighing the potential for prejudice by other testimony o… |
| 23-6365 |
Rodney Adam Hurdsman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
critical-stage incarceration plea-bargain presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-period right-to-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
I. Whether the pretrial period between the time the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches to the start of trial is a critical stage of the proceed… |
| 23-5973 |
Richard C. Duerson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-error constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage cronic-standard due-process due-process-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice strickland-test strickland-v-washington united-states-v-cronic |
1.) Has the Supreme Court overruled United States v. Cronic, eliminating the presumption that an accused has suffered Constitutional error without the… |
| 22-7706 |
Johnny Taylor v. Jeff Tanner, Acting Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-06-05 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
complete-denial-of-counsel critical-stage evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice presumption-of-prejudice sixth-amendment sixth-circuit |
1. If an attorney's deficiency is grave enough, criminal defendants do not
need to demonstrate prejudice to prove ineffective assistance of counsel. I… |
| 22-7125 |
Charles M. Torrence v. Hazel Peterson, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-03-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights critical-stage federal-law pro-se right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standby-counsel waiver-of-counsel |
The Constitution requires that "any waiver of the right to counsel be knowing, voluntary, and intelligent."
The question here is whether the Tenth Ci… |
| 22-5814 |
Christopher Allan Allred v. Washington |
Washington |
2022-10-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment execution mental-illness rational-understanding right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 22-5244 |
Charles M. Torrence v. Hazel Peterson, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-right criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process legal-representation mental-competency right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statewide-importance |
Whether it is of statewide, and even nationwide importance, ONE:
for the United States Supreme Court to declare definitively
whether a mental compete… |
| 21-6797 |
In Re Lawrence Earl Wilson |
|
2022-01-10 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equitable-tolling exceptional-case habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel |
1. WHETHER, A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DENIED THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AT A CRITICAL STAGE OF THE TRIAL PROCEEDINGS AND RECEIVED THE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANC… |
| 21-6779 |
Troy Allen Hite v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2022-01-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-violation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel michigan-state-courts procedural-default right-to-counsel |
I. IS CERTIORARI APPROPRIATE WHERE MICHIGAN STATE COURTS REFUSED TO ADDRESS PETITIONER'S DENIAL OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL AT A CRITICAL S… |
| 21-6386 |
Antjuan Sydnor v. California |
California |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-absence criminal-prosecution critical-stage jury-deliberations right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error |
1. In a criminal prosecution, if a trial court permits the prosecutor and counsel for a codefendant to present supplemental arguments to the jury duri… |
| 21-5783 |
Brian D. Smith v. Montana |
Montana |
2021-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction procedural-default right-to-counsel sentencing |
Is a motion to withdraw guilty plea considered a "critical Stage" requiring the assistance of counsel for a person "too poor" to hire one at the follo… |
| 21-5291 |
Leonardo Miguel Garcia Morales, aka El Padrino v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-trial critical-stage defendant-presence district-court-discretion due-process judicial-discretion jury-deliberations right-to-presence testimony-of-accused testimony-rehearing |
Does the right to presence at critical stages of a criminal trial extend to proceedings before the jury in which the district court discourages the ju… |
| 20-7470 |
Pablo Ramon Guerrero v. Nevada |
Nevada |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence batson critical-stage cronic due-process fundamental-fairness mccollum presumed-prejudice strickland structural-error trial-procedure |
1.) Whether a Brady/Giglio prosecutorial misconduct violation exists as a structural error, and if so, whether petitioner was denied a fundamentally f… |
| 20-7339 |
Kevin Antonio Watson v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation court-procedure critical-stage due-process federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation procedural-review right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel structural-error |
1o Whether Petitioner's trial Counsel sleeping during the Commonwealth's witness directexamination is a critical stase of the triali Whether it consti… |
| 20-1218 |
Demetrius William Edwards, et al. v. Sherry Burt, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
is entitled to habeas relief thereby giving rise to a presumption of prejudice counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
During an overnight recess in Demetrius Edwards's and Bryant Royster's bench trial, the judge made an independent, nighttime visit to the crime scene,… |
| 20-6589 |
John Xavier Portillo, aka John Portillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure critical-stage initial-appearance magistrate magistrate-hearing right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the initial appearance before a Magistrate after the right to counsel has attached is a critical stage of the proceeding under the Sixth Amend… |
| 20-6391 |
Timothy Ronald Hare v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-standard critical-stage effective-assistance ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic |
I. Does the requirement to prove prejudice under this Court's previous decision in Latter v Cooper, place a burden on the accused that this Court deem… |
| 20-549 |
John Farrow, et al. v. Contra Costa County, California |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bail circuit-split counsel-appointment criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Is a detainee's first appearance in court a "critical stage" of the proceedings, when bail is set and statutory liberty interests are adjudicated, as … |
| 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 is a critical stage? If yes, does a denial of counsel during an interlocutory appeal constitutes a violation of Sixth Ame… |
| 19-7723 |
James William Brammer v. Raymond Madden, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari circuit-split criminal-procedure critical-stage motion-for-new-trial new-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment writ-of-certiorari |
HI. DOES THE SIXTH AMENDMENT'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL, INCLUDE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR PROSECUTION OF MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL?
112. IS A MOTION FOR A NEW… |
| 19-7350 |
Billy Battenfield v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2020-01-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa appeal-waiver criminal-procedure critical-stage garza-v-idaho ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining post-sentencing retroactivity statute-of-limitations |
1. Whether Garza v. Idaho, — U.S. 139 S.Ct. 738, 203 L.Ed.2d 77 (2019) adopts a new watershed rule of procedure that applies retroactively on state co… |
| 19-6953 |
Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding critical-stage direct-appeal new-trial new-trial-motion right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure |
The Constitution guarantees the assistance and choice of counsel for a critical-stage in a criminal proceeding. Ancient statute guarantees every indiv… |
| 19-6045 |
Scott H. Summerhays v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-counsel change-of-plea criminal-procedure critical-stage effective-assistance-of-counsel faretta faretta-waiver ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver |
1. Does a criminal defendant have a right under the Sixth Amendment to reassert his right to counsel at a critical stage (a change of plea hearing) af… |
| 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 |
AFTER PETITIONER MADE A SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING OF A DENIAL OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT;
WAS GRANTED BY THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAL, FIFTH CIRCUIT, A … |
| 19-5446 |
Michael Thomas Balint v. Kelly Santoro, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process habeas-corpus harmless-error jury-instructions ninth-circuit right-to-be-present right-to-counsel |
During deliberations, the jury issued a compound question as to the elements of Balint's trial defense, duress, as well as the defense of necessity. T… |
| 18-9715 |
Johnny Curtis Bedgood v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure critical-stage evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining pre-trial-counsel section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancements |
WHETHER THE US DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION FOR FAILURE TO CONDUCT [A]N EVIDENTIARY HEARING PURSUANT TO 28 SECTION 2255(b) IN LIGHT OF A FACTU… |
| 18-8929 |
In Re Lavont Flanders, Jr. |
|
2019-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process habeas-corpus indictment-amendment mailbox-rule postal-service-error pro-se-filing pro-se-prisoner procedural-due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Should the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals have considered Petitioner's timely filed Amended Certificate of Appealability and Motion to Expand the A… |
| 18-8889 |
Lavont Flanders, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-error counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process initial-appearance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic |
The question of whether an initial appearance can be a critical stage is a case of first impression on this Court. Criminal defendants from every Stat… |
| 18-8482 |
Lourdes Margarita Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brecht-standard constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage Cronic cronic-rule cronic-standard defense-counsel direct-appeal due-process eleventh-circuit hybrid-error prejudice structural-error trial-procedure |
The district court ordered the government, at a critical stage of the trial, to present inculpatory and disputed evidence in the absence of the defend… |
| 18-8199 |
Michael DeVaughn Johnson v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
automatic-reversal constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure critical-stage critical-stages due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
Was The ARIZONA STATE COURTS ceCISION that the abSeNCe
Of the retitioner's trial counsel during two complet critical Stages"
of the trial did not requ… |
| 18-7786 |
Roy Shotwell v. Kevin Genovese, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage dna-analysis dna-evidence dna-testing due-process effective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment standing warrantless-seizure |
Did The lower Courts abuse their discretion in denying Petitioner relief on the grounds that evidence was suppressed from his home and person be frivo… |
| 18-7532 |
Dale B. Green v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process partial-denial presumption-of-unfair-trial pretrial-proceedings right-to-counsel |
Question not identified. |
| 18-7208 |
Nicholas Maslonka v. Noah Nagy, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
constructive-denial critical-stage cronic-standard cronic-v-united-states habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-action |
1. Is there a requirement that state action contribute to counsel's absence from a critical stage of the proceedings in order for there to be a constr… |
| 18-7083 |
Sylvia Ogbenyeanu Walter-Eze, aka Sylvia O. Okam v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-standards constructive-denial-of-counsel counsel-conflict critical-stage fundamental-fairness ninth-circuit presumed-prejudice structural-error waiver |
Whether, when the Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit, found that "both the threat of fees and the threat of potential sanctions created a conflict … |
| 18-6463 |
Jose Gilberto Portillo v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-obligations counsel-obligations-guilty-plea critical-stage due-process guilty-pleas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper language-barrier missouri-v-frye non-english-speaker plea-bargaining plea-negotiation sixth-amendment young-defendant |
Whether the DC Court of Appeals' decision directly conflicts with and seriously undermines controlling authority of the Supreme Court on counsel's fun… |
| 18-5697 |
James R. Reece v. L. Ray Whitley, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings critical-stage indigent-prisoner new-trial post-trial pre-appeal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Whether a post-trial pre-appeal motion for new trial filed by an indigent prisoner is a critical stage of state criminal proceedings protected by r… |