indigent-defense

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A321 Jawan Fortia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-02 Presumed Complete appointed-counsel criminal-justice-act federal-criminal-procedure indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Criminal Justice Act's provisions for appointed counsel in federal criminal proceedings adequately protect an indigent defendant's right t…
23-7138 Luis Alexis Briceno v. Tennessee Tennessee 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP ake-v-oklahoma constitutional-rights due-process expert-assistance federal-due-process indigent-defendants indigent-defense judicial-review procedural-fairness tennessee-court-of-appeals Whether Tennessee's procedure for denying indigent defendants funding for expert assistance at trial violates due process
23-6677 Michael Isidoro Sanchez v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP anders-review appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights colorable-claims due-process indigent-defense of-right-appeal post-conviction-review right-to-counsel smith-v-robbins Whether the Ninth Circuit's reliance on Chavez II was erroneous
23-6128 Julia Ann Poff v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony fair-trial indigent-defense plea-bargaining right-to-counsel Question not identified
23-5890 Jerry Smith v. Alabama Alabama 2023-10-26 Denied IFP ake-v-oklahoma capital-punishment capital-trials due-process fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendants indigent-defense jury-selection mitigation-experts racial-discrimination Whether Ake v. Oklahoma and the Fourteenth Amendment's due process guarantee require courts to provide funds for prison mitigation experts to indigent…
22-7515 Juan Andrade-Moreno v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Supreme Court's decision in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), is unconstitutional under the United States Constitution?
22-6903 William Landry, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-03-02 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california fourteenth-amendment indigent-defense sixth-amendment speedy-trial state-constitution statutory-interpretation Whether Oklahoma's State Constitution Article II § 20 violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to contain the language of the Speedy Tr…
22-5545 Clinton Folkes v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction direct-appeal indigent-defense ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-misrepresentation procedural-default right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant's right to counsel on direct appeal attaches throughout the period when the appellate court has jurisdiction over the cas…
21-6082 Craig D. Miller v. Illinois Illinois 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review fundamental-fairness illinois-post-conviction-statute indigent-defense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reliability-of-proceedings sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Illinois courts' mechanical, outcome-based approach to the Strickland standard routinely denies indigent defendants their Sixth Amendment …
20-1245 Pedro Vasquez v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-03-09 Denied Response Waived appellate-counsel contract-obligations contracts-clause criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fee-advancement impairment indigent-defense sixth-amendment Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court impaired the obligation of a contract in contravention of Article I, sec. 10, cl. 1 of the U.S. Const…
20-7264 Graham Jay Sonnenberg v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied IFP adverse-effect brady-material conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-standard cuyler-v-sullivan indigent-defense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-counsel Whether the prophylaxis of Cuyler should be extended to define the term 'adverse affect' to establish a demonstration test involving actual conflicts …
20-549 John Farrow, et al. v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2020-10-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bail circuit-split counsel-appointment criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Is a detainee's first appearance in court a 'critical stage' of the proceedings?
19-7082 Mark J. Lipski v. Maine Maine 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection conviction-consequences criminal-procedure due-process economic-disadvantage indigent-defense ineffective-assistance judicial-oath legal-ethics legal-representation liberty-interests right-to-counsel state-prosecution Was the right to counsel waived?
19-6696 Barbara Myers-McNeil v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-11-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent-defense language-access right-to-counsel transcript Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint a language translator or interpreter for an indigent …
19-6080 Marcus H. v. Connecticut Connecticut 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-discretion Was the indigent petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to have appointed counsel represent him at his criminal jury trial violated when the trial court f…
18-9843 Freddie Lee Fountain v. Texas Texas 2019-06-27 Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant indigent-defense procedural-protections At what point does the absence of government protection breach the limits of constitutional boundary?
18-8818 Cornell D. Reynolds v. Randall Hepp, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appeal appellate-rights appointed-counsel attorney-client attorney-compensation conflict-of-interest due-process indigent-defendant indigent-defense statutory-provisions Should the conflict of interest doctrine be extended to include financial conflicts between attorney and client; and/or whether a state creates a fata…
18-7322 Robert R. Yerton, Jr. v. Jason Bryant, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal confrontation-clause criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness federal-appeal indigent-defense sixth-amendment tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit Court erred in holding that the District Court of Tulsa County's refusal to permit a unique expert defense witness to presen…
18-7281 Olandio Ray Workman v. John Vandermosten, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-charges indigent-defense legal-mail medical-care prison prison-conditions right-to-counsel standing Did the District Court in Greenville, South Carolina deny me due process when they didn't finish school and let me know yet?
18-6089 Marie Therese Assa'ad-Faltas v. City of Columbia, South Carolina South Carolina 2018-09-26 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-expenses due-process equal-protection indigent-criminal-defendant indigent-defense pro-se pro-se-defense sovereign-immunity takings Whether South Carolina's Defense of Indigents Act denies equal protection between criminal defendants who choose to proceed pro se and those with stat…