defense-strategy

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-674 George Sachs v. Ricardo Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-12-10 Pending Response Waived client-representation conflict-of-interest defense-strategy legal-dismissal multi-defendant-case statute-of-limitations 1. When can or cannot a statute of limitations be raised in order to immediately dismiss and prevent a case from moving forward, even one having po…
24-7301 Dennis J. Rydbom v. Jonathan Frame, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistance-of-counsel constitutional-rights defense-strategy hybrid-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Did Judge Reed mislead Rydbom on the Assistance of Counsel clause by improperly interfering with his right to strategic defense control?
24-5178 Keith Earl Robinson v. Jim Farris, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied IFP criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions sixth-amendment sixth-amendment,criminal-procedure,ineffective-ass Did Mr. Robinson's trial counsel's performance in preparing defense witnesses meet the standards of effective assistance of counsel, as required by th…
23-5857 Jeremy Moody v. Georgia Georgia 2023-10-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP autonomy-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-control-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation trial-court-discretion Whether a guilty plea waives claims that the trial court violated a defendant's autonomy-based rights
21-7637 Marecellus Adams v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Did trial counsel violate Adams's right to choose the objective of his defense when he conceded guilt over his express objection?
21-7234 Dylann Storm Roof v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied IFP 6th-amendment capital-defendant constitutional-rights counsel counsel-authority defense-strategy due-process mental-health-mitigation mental-illness mitigating-evidence trial-procedure When a competent capital defendant and his counsel disagree on whether to present mitigating evidence depicting him as mentally ill, who gets the fina…
21-5537 John Creech v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland conviction criminal-procedure defense-strategy disclosure due-process evidence-disclosure litigation-strategy materiality prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-circuit Is evidence material for purposes of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), if its disclosure would affect defense litigation strategy?
21-5273 Jerry L. Wheeler v. Randall Hepp, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-notice trial-counsel witness-testimony Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-9134 Joe Clopton v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP amending-indictment brady-violation burden-of-proof child-support cps-records criminal-procedure defense-strategy double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence false-allegations grand-jury ineffective-assistance lesser-included-offense medical-records nolo-contendere plain-error sixth-amendment social-worker-testimony Whether the medical records were improperly excluded from evidence
18-6701 Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky Kentucky 2018-11-14 Denied IFP client-autonomy closing-argument concession-of-guilt criminal-procedure defense-strategy ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-control-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Is a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel, and the right to control the objective of the defense, violated, under the Court's recent decision …
18-5301 Cahlan Clay v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-defense criminal-procedure cross-examination defendant-rights defense-strategy due-process evidence fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instructions jury-trial trial-procedure witness-examination Whether a court may dictate the manner by which a defendant presents his case to the jury by forcing defense counsel to rely exclusively on the cross-…
25A378 Charles Ray Crawford v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied capital-punishment defense-strategy ineffective-assistance retroactivity right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether McCoy v. Louisiana established a new constitutional rule or merely applied existing Sixth Amendment principles for determining when counsel's …