mccoy-v-louisiana

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24-213 Willis Franklin v. California California 2024-08-27 Denied Response Waived client-autonomy counsel-of-choice fourteenth-amendment mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment trial-continuance Was petitioner denied his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to retained counsel of choice when the trial court failed to continue the trial during…
23-7460 William Burton v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-13 Denied IFP criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-stipulation fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana plea-rights sixth-amendment strickland-standard Was Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel violated when his trial attorney stipulated to the prosecutio…
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 1. Whether a guilty plea inherently waives claims that the trial court violated a defendant's autonomy-based rights, such as the right to self-represe…
22-7046 Valdamir Fred Morelos v. California California 2023-03-21 Dismissed IFP autonomy-right capital-defendant capital-defendants counsel-consent due-process guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana penal-code penal-code-section-1018 right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment Does California's Penal Code Section 1018, which bars a capital defendant from pleading guilty without the consent of his counsel, violate capital def…
22-5243 Grover D. Cannon v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus constitutional-law criminal-procedure defense-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana mens-rea right-to-autonomy self-defense sixth-amendment Did Louisiana's courts violate Grover D. Cannon's Sixth Amendment rights recognized in McCoy by allowing Mr. Cannon's defense counsel over Mr. Cannon'…
21-7844 James R. W. Mitchell v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-appointment court-discretion criminal-defendant criminal-procedure faretta-right faretta-v-california mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment In Faretta v. California , 422 U.S. 806 (1975), this Court held that a criminal defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to represent himself at trial. I…
21-7449 Leonard S. Taylor v. Paul Blair, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-trial closing-argument ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan mccoy-v-louisiana nixon-v-florida sixth-amendment strickland-test strickland-v-washington 1. Whether the decision to forego a closing argument in the penalty phase of a capital murder trial is a tactical decision for trial counsel to make o…
21-6871 Alan Price v. Florida Florida 2022-01-14 Denied IFP collateral-review criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance McCoy-retroactivity mccoy-v-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity right-to-counsel substantive-rule I. Whether McCoy u. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct 1500 (2018), adopts a new substantive rule that applies retroactively to cases on collateral review? II. Whe…
21-871 Louisiana v. David H. Brown Louisiana 2021-12-13 Denied capital-case death-penalty faretta-right faretta-v-california mccoy-v-louisiana self-representation structural-error trial-counsel Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in vacating the three death sentences imposed on the respondent when the trial court granted respondent's re…
21-653 Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-11-03 Denied Relisted (2) autonomy-right counsel-override criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment Is the Sixth Amendment autonomy right established in McCoy violated where counsel overrode an express agreement with the defendant to not concede guil…
21-5709 Miguel Gonzalez v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-09-17 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-error legal-precedent mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation Did the Supreme Court, Superior Court and trial Court commit reversible error when they held that a new constitutional right was not created by the Su…
21-5316 In Re Taryn Christian 2021-08-06 Dismissed IFP autonomy brady-v-maryland brady-violation counsel-strategy habeas-corpus mandamus mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment strickland This case presents the kind of extraordinary circumstances in which this Court exercises its discretionary authority to issue a writ of mandamus. The …
21-5093 Stephen Dale Barbee v. Texas Texas 2021-07-15 Denied IFP autonomy-right capital-defendant capital-punishment effective-assistance-of-counsel florida-v-nixon habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment trial-counsel 1) Whether the sate court's decision to foreclose habeas review of a capital defendant's claim under McCoy v. Louisiana contravenes federal law becaus…
20-1742 Akil Jahi, aka Preston Carter v. Tennessee Tennessee 2021-06-15 Denied capital-punishment capital-trial counsel-limitations criminal-defense defendant-autonomy ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana penalty-phase sixth-amendment trial-procedure 1. Does the Sixth Amendment holding of McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500 (2018) apply to a penalty phase capital trial to protect a defendant's auto…
20-1686 Bobby Lee Hampton v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2021-06-04 Denied collateral-review constitutional-rule criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity right-to-counsel teague-v-lane In 2018, this Court held in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500, that "a defendant has the right to insist that counsel refrain from admitting guilt e…
20-7808 James R. W. Mitchell v. California California 2021-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP client-autonomy mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment structural-error voluntary-manslaughter In McCoy v. Louisiana (2018) 138 S.Ct. 1500, this Court held that a criminal defendant has a right of autonomy under the Sixth Amendment to dictate th…
20-7230 Stanley Joseph Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-defense-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana prejudice sixth-amendment trial-strategy 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment permits criminal defense counsel to unilaterally concede his client's guilt before the jury at trial—over the defendant…
20-6851 Jeffrey Lee Atwater v. Florida Florida 2021-01-13 Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Did Mr. Atwater show a violation of the right to determine the objective of his defense and his right to hold the State to its burden of proof of e…
20-6806 Troy Merck, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-01-08 Denied IFP autonomy-defense criminal-defense due-process mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment specific-intent trial-counsel voluntary-intoxication 1.Whether a defendant's "[a]utonomy to decide that the objective of the defense is to assert innocence." McCoy v. Louisiana , 138 S.Ct. 1500, 1508 (20…
20-6330 Benjamin Macias v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process mccoy-v-louisiana reckless-endangerment sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment speedy-trial 1. In McCoy v. Louisiana , 138 S.Ct. 1500, 1511, 200 L.Ed. 821 (2018) the court held that the Sixth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant the righ…
20-5760 Daniel Carl Frederickson v. California California 2020-09-21 Denied IFP capital-case constitutional-rights defense-counsel faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana plea-of-guilty self-representation sixth-amendment Does a state statute that requires the consent of defense counsel before a defendant in a capital case can enter a plea of guilty violate the Sixth Am…
19-6949 James R. Royal v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment watershed-rule 1. Is McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct.1500 (2018) a watershed rule of criminal procedure which must be applied retroactively on collateral review?
19-6845 David Steward v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-12-05 Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment substantive-decision supreme-court-precedent Whether the newly established constitutional right announced in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct. 1500(2018), created a substantive decision, that applies…
19-6501 Alvin Felicianosoto v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-autonomy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel McCoy-challenge mccoy-v-louisiana remand right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel 1) Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred on direct review in failing to remand the case to the district court when a challenge under McCoy…
19-5802 Travis Wade Matthews v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process identification jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia mccoy-v-louisiana victim-identification witness-identification I. In a case where the identity of the person who brandished a gun is central to the case, is the choice of whether to ask for DNA testing of the gun,…
18-9554 In Re Billie J. Allen 2019-06-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alabama-v-shelton arizona-v-fulminante capital-case capital-punishment due-process gideon-v-wainwright habeas-corpus mccoy-v-louisiana non-capital-case right-to-counsel structural-error Whether McCoy V Louisiana, 136 S. Ct. 1500 (2018) is a new 'watershed rule
18-9546 Everett Charles Wills, II v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP collateral-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure danforth-v-minnesota federal-law greene-v-fisher mccoy-v-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana post-conviction-proceedings postconviction-review retroactive-application retroactivity retroactivity-of-new-rules teague-rule teague-v-lane watershed-rule Whether States must apply a 'watershed rule' under Teague v. Lane in post-conviction proceedings
18-8970 John William King v. Texas Texas 2019-04-23 Denied IFP capital-punishment criminal-procedure death-penalty habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lesser-included-offense mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel teague-analysis teague-v-lane watershed-rule Whether McCoy applies when a defendant's attorneys concede, against his wishes, his guilt to a lesser-included offense during final argument, and is a…
18-8534 Gino Carlucci v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability collateral-review criminal-procedure-retroactivity fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel marital-communications-privilege mccoy-v-louisiana ninth-circuit retroactive-application retroactivity Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err by failing to issue a C.0.A. to determine if McCoy v. Louisiana applies retroactively to cases on collatera…
18-7637 Fidencio Valdez v. Texas Texas 2019-01-29 Denied IFP capital-case capital-case-review-habeas-corpus-due-process-equa criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus mccoy-claim mccoy-v-louisiana standing texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-law Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas misapplied this Court's decision in McCoy v. Louisiana
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 …
18-5748 Rory Allen Meeks v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states appellate-review constructive-amendment criminal-procedure drug-offense drug-offenses jury-instructions mccoy-v-louisiana mens-rea sentencing sixth-amendment Whether reasonable jurists might debate the application of Alleyne and Apprendi to mens rea and constructive amendment
18-5351 Payman Borhan v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability choice-of-counsel criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-choice-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the trial court's refusal to allow the defendant to retain his own counsel of choice deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to choose the f…
18-5289 Stephen Dale Barbee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied IFP client-autonomy ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana post-conviction prejudice prejudice-standard sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington structural-error Did the Fifth Circuit impose an improper ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard, which required him to show prejudice, to Barbee's claim that his …