incompetent-counsel

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-6724 Carl Thompson v. Alaska Alaska 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incompetent-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction sixth-amendment supremacy-clause Can a trial court lose its jurisdiction when a defendant has incompetent representation, as it does when there is a physical absence of counsel at tri…