guilt-concession
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6793 | Roman Flores v. Texas | Texas | 2026-02-11 | Pending | IFP | autonomy-right capital-murder criminal-defense guilt-concession law-of-parties sixth-amendment | 1. Whether McCoy v. Louisiana prohibits only explicit admissions of guilt, or also bars functional concessions — such as conceding elements, condition… |
| 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… |