cuyler-v-sullivan

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7798 Evan C. Wilhelm v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP christeson-v-roper conflict-of-interest counsel-performance cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice professional-reputation professional-responsibility Whether prejudice should be presumed when a conflict of interest forces Counsel to choose between denigrating their own performance on behalf of their…
23-7119 Brian J. Dorsey v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2024-04-02 Denied IFP appointed-counsel capital-murder conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-v-sullivan flat-fee-contract ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland Whether, where appointed counsel in a capital case had a flat-fee contract and failed to investigate or challenge a capital murder charge to the clien…
22-6811 A. B. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2023-02-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 conflict-of-interest criminal-justice-system cuyler-standard cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard strickland-test strickland-v-washington successive-conflict successive-representation Where a defendant's lawyer owed conflicting duties to her and a former client, should she receive a new trial if the actual conflict adversely affecte…
22-781 Fabio Ochoa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived adverse-effect brady-violation conflict-of-interest cuyler-v-sullivan due-process giglio-material ineffective-assistance multiple-counsel plea-negotiations Whether the Eleventh Circuit's categorical rule barring a showing of adverse effect in the multiple-counsel context adequately protects defendants fro…
21-8053 Ron Delano Kuntz v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-representation conflict-of-interest crime-of-violence critical-stages cuyler-v-sullivan district-court jury-trial sentence-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether a conflict arises when trial counsel's concurrent representation ends prior to trial
21-7374 William A. Noguera v. Ronald Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-right counsel-representation cuyler-v-sullivan holloway-v-arkansas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment successive-representation Did the Ninth Circuit's opinion create a conflict with relevant decisions of this Court in concluding that Sullivan's standard applies only when a def…
21-1157 Dennis Spencer v. Colorado Colorado 2022-02-22 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) attorney-performance conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation multiple-clients personal-conflicts prejudice prejudice-standard Does Sullivan's standard apply only when a defense lawyer represents multiple clients with conflicting interests, or does Sullivan apply to other conf…
21-7113 Gerald Wayne Jako, Jr. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2022-02-15 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest criminal-representation cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance inside-job-theory plea-bargain presumption-of-prejudice sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel staged-crime witness-unavailability Whether the standard enunciated in Cuyler v. Sullivan applies when a defendant objects to counsel's representation after a conflict is revealed
20-7782 Ronald W. Greer v. Sherie Korneman, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-v-sullivan doyle-v-ohio doyle-violation harmless-error ineffective-counsel miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona newly-discovered-evidence state-court-deference Has a petitioner substantially shown the denial of a constitutional right warranting issuance of a COA
20-7264 Graham Jay Sonnenberg v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied IFP adverse-effect brady-material conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-standard cuyler-v-sullivan indigent-defense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-counsel Whether the prophylaxis of Cuyler should be extended to define the term 'adverse affect' to establish a demonstration test involving actual conflicts …
20-5729 Amos Westmoreland v. Glen Johnson, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-conflict-of-interest conflict-of-interest cuyler-v-sullivan due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-bar procedural-default sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Does the 11th Circuit decision conflict with Martinez v. Ryan?
19-515 Baldassare Amato v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied adverse-effect automatic-reversal conflict-of-interest cuyler-v-sullivan evidentiary-hearing holloway-v-arkansas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Sixth Amendment analysis under Cuyler v. Sullivan applies to both successive and concurrent conflicts
18-9241 Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee Fifth Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-privilege attorney-representation civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-investigation criminal-procedure cuyler-v-sullivan due-process prosecutorial-ethics right-to-counsel strickland-v-washington structural-error When a lawyer is named as a suspect in the same criminal investigation as his client, should lower courts review the conflict under Cuyler v. Sullivan…
18-8160 Paul Wagner v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-conflict circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-precedent mickens-v-taylor ninth-circuit sixth-amendment supreme-court-interpretation united-states-v-hanoum Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision conflicts with other circuit courts and Supreme Court precedent on the issue of actual conflict between a defenda…
18-7436 Jeffrey Nicholas Aase v. Paul Schnell, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections Eighth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest criminal-defense cuyler-v-sullivan federal-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-integrity prosecutorial-ethics right-to-counsel structural-error Did the Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit err in not issuing a Certificate of Appealability?