ignorance-of-law
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-7836 | Tony Michael Julien v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2023-06-21 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure court-authority criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process ignorance-of-law jurisdiction legal-maxim procedural-law retroactive time-limitation | Can the mere passage of time retroactively confer jurisdiction on a court that did not and does not otherwise have jurisdiction? |
| 18-671 | Kurt Robert Smith v. Anna Valentine, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2018-11-26 | Denied | Response Waived | 28-usc-2254 aedpa federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus ignorance-of-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ignorance reasonable-counsel strategic-decision | Must a court reviewing counsel's failure to investigate first determine whether the basis for the failure was counsel's ignorance of the law, or anoth… |