defendant-representation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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?
18-8535 Daniel Arthur Heleva v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-representation due-process-violation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interlocutory-appeal judicial-waiver jurisdiction prosecutorial-effectiveness prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-overreach right-to-counsel trial-court-discretion waiver-of-constitutional-rights waiver-of-rights Whether state statutes provide pre-trial remedies for prosecutorial overreaching by interlocutory appeal, and whether defense counsel's failure to per…