defendant-autonomy

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6816 Carlos Javier Figueroa v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending IFP counsel-override criminal-defense defendant-autonomy ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment witness-testimony In McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414 (2018), this Court held that (1) the Sixth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant the autonomy to decide the ob…
21-8263 John Matthias Watson, III v. Nevada Nevada 2022-06-29 Denied IFP capital-murder criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy mccoy-precedent mccoy-v-louisana right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment trial-counsel unauthorized-concession Is it a concession of guilt by trial counsel which violated Mr. Watson's longstanding right to autonomy and the Sixth Amendment holding of McCoy v. Lo…
21-6734 Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky Kentucky 2021-12-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process factual-innocence right-to-counsel trial-strategy Does McCoy apply where the defendant made clear to counsel the objective of the defense is to maintain innocence, only for counsel to then concede gui…
21-653 Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-11-03 Denied Relisted (2) autonomy-right counsel-override criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment Is the Sixth Amendment autonomy right established in McCoy violated where counsel overrode an express agreement with the defendant to not concede guil…
20-8444 Dustin Melvin Davison v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-06-29 Denied IFP autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy defense-counsel due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel guilt-concession right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy Is it unconstitutional to allow defense counsel to concede any aspect of guilt over defendant's unambiguously expressed desire to maintain actual inno…
20-1742 Akil Jahi, aka Preston Carter v. Tennessee Tennessee 2021-06-15 Denied capital-punishment capital-trial counsel-limitations criminal-defense defendant-autonomy ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana penalty-phase sixth-amendment trial-procedure Does the Sixth Amendment holding of McCoy v. Louisiana apply to a penalty phase capital trial?
20-7357 Raymond Eugene Johnson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-03-09 Denied IFP collateral-review criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy retroactivity right-of-autonomy sixth-amendment teague-rule teague-v-lane Does McCoy apply retroactively?
20-6330 Benjamin Macias v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process mccoy-v-louisiana reckless-endangerment sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the right to insist on a speedy trial is a choice that falls within the category of a criminal defendant's right to make his own choices about…