prejudice-presumption

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7798 Evan C. Wilhelm v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP christeson-v-roper conflict-of-interest counsel-performance cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice professional-reputation professional-responsibility Whether prejudice should be presumed when a conflict of interest forces Counsel to choose between denigrating their own performance on behalf of their…
22-6821 James Mammone v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied IFP change-of-venue fair-trial habeas-corpus prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity rideau-v-louisiana sixth-amendment In determining whether to presume prejudice under Rideau and Skilling, are courts permitted to consider (1) the defendant's role in creating the pretr…
21-7300 LeMaricus Davidson v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-03-08 Denied IFP actual-prejudice death-penalty fair-trial fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection post-conviction prejudice-presumption structural-error Should prejudice in an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel case be presumed where the deficient performance of counsel resulted in a structural-error co…
21-7181 Mary Ellen Samuels v. Janel Espinoza, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-supreme-court conflict-of-interest due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-malpractice performance prejudice prejudice-presumption supreme-court-precedent Did the California Supreme Court unreasonably fail to apply clearly established Supreme Court precedent that requires prejudice to be presumed where a…
20-1515 Jason Assad v. Todd Wasmer, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal due-process prejudice-presumption sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic Did the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit apply an incorrect standard by denying a Certificate of Appealability
20-1218 Demetrius William Edwards, et al. v. Sherry Burt, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) is entitled to habeas relief thereby giving rise to a presumption of prejudice counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant who was deprived of counsel during a critical stage of his trial, thereby giving rise to a presumption of prejudice, is e…