presumption-of-prejudice

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25-771 Joe Carollo v. William O. Fuller, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending appellate-review eleventh-circuit judicial-precedent jury-tampering presumption-of-prejudice trial-integrity Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' narrow application of the presumption of prejudice standard when evaluating unrefuted evidence of jury …
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…
23-7306 Ronnie Y. Conrad v. Rob St. Andre, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied IFP 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct retroactivity sixth-amendment Whether the presumption of prejudice applies to conflict-of-counsel claims when the defense attorney is being prosecuted by the same agency prosecutin…
23-979 Gerald D. Fields v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived faretta-colloquy fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sentencing-procedure structural-error When a state trial court fails to conduct a Faretta colloquy before sentencing a defendant without counsel, is appellate counsel ineffective for faili…
23-6838 Danny Lee Warner, Jr. v. Montana Montana 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment presumption-of-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment warrantless-search Are unsworn assertions sufficient to overcome clear and convincing evidence of illegal search and seizure?
23-6365 Rodney Adam Hurdsman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied IFP critical-stage incarceration plea-bargain presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-period right-to-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial whether-the-pretrial-period-is-a-critical-stage
22-7706 Johnny Taylor v. Jeff Tanner, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-05 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP complete-denial-of-counsel critical-stage evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice presumption-of-prejudice sixth-amendment sixth-circuit If an attorney's deficiency is grave enough, criminal defendants do not need to demonstrate prejudice to prove ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
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…
21-7437 Steven Hutchinson v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky constitutional-violation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection presumption-of-prejudice racial-discrimination strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington Should prejudice under Strickland v. Washington be presumed for an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim based on counsel's failure to object to unc…
21-7113 Gerald Wayne Jako, Jr. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2022-02-15 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest criminal-representation cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance inside-job-theory plea-bargain presumption-of-prejudice sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel staged-crime witness-unavailability Whether the standard enunciated in Cuyler v. Sullivan applies when a defendant objects to counsel's representation after a conflict is revealed
21-6649 Paul J. Hultman v. Daniel Paramo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance juror-misconduct presumption-of-prejudice sixth-amendment Were the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments violated when a juror admitted viewing unadmitted evidence during deliberations and stated that her verdict w…
21-6147 Joshua Komisarjevsky v. Connecticut Connecticut 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-prejudice actual-prejudice-analysis emotional-nature-of-case guilty-verdict jury-selection presumed-prejudice-analysis presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity venue-change voir-dire What consideration must courts give to (a) a guilty verdict, (b) the disruption to proceedings from pretrial publicity, and (c) the jury selection pro…
21-6132 Shelton Marbury v. United States District of Columbia 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process external-influence government-burden jury jury-influence presumption-of-prejudice sixth-amendment Whether under the Sixth Amendment, once a defendant has presented evidence that an external influence has reached his jury, a presumption of prejudice…
21-6105 Saul Hernandez-Serrano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP courts-of-appeals federal-sentencing molina-martinez-v-united-states numerical-range-of-imprisonment presumption-of-prejudice sentencing-guidelines Whether the presumption of prejudice recognized in Molina-Martinez v. United States extends to Federal Sentencing Guideline errors that do not affect …
21-603 Ohio v. George Brinkman Ohio 2021-10-26 Denied Amici (1) automatic-reversal boykin-advisement boykin-v-alabama constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea plea-review presumption-of-prejudice standard-of-review Does the Due Process Clause prohibit review of the entire record to determine whether a guilty plea was knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily enter…
21-5558 William Paul Langrum, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations appeal criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance investigation pre-trial-investigation presumption-of-prejudice statute-of-limitations strickland-standard whether-the-facts-supporting-the-first-and-fourth-grounds-became-or-could-have-become-known-prior-to-the-date-on-which-the-conviction-became-final
21-5499 Joel Reyna-Aragon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof court-of-appeals-division federal-sentencing-guidelines molina-martinez-v-united-states presumption-of-prejudice sentencing-error Whether an error in applying the Federal Sentencing Guidelines occasions a presumption of prejudice?
20-7614 Gerald Von Tobel v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254(d)(1) criminal-trial federal-review habeas-corpus juror-misconduct mattox-remmer-test mattox-v-united-states presumption-of-prejudice remmer-v-united-states state-court-procedure Whether the Nevada state court's juror misconduct formulation, which conditions relief on juror misconduct being egregious to trigger the presumption …
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…
20-702 David Stiles, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2020-11-20 Denied arrest-to-trial-delay barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights doggett-v-united-states due-process government-burden presumption-of-prejudice presumptive-prejudice sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether a defendant is required to demonstrate prejudice on a speedy-trial-claim involving a presumptively-prejudicial-delay
19-7939 Robert James Pope, Jr. v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-rights constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel forfeiture ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice pro-se pro-se-appeal right-to-appeal sixth-amendment trial-counsel Where trial counsel's ineffectiveness in failing to initiate an appeal results in a defendant's loss of appellate rights, can the constitutional right…
19-7791 Jermaine Michael Jackson v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-defense civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was trial counsel's abandonment of a readily available alibi defense a violation of petitioner's Sixth Amendment right?
19-6127 Steven Justin Villalona v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest counsel-concession ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings law-of-the-case mootness plain-error presumption-of-prejudice substantial-rights What effect does a concession on ineffective assistance of counsel have on the court's ability to adjudicate the merits?
19-5918 Brandon Kyle Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP §-2255-motion appellate-rights certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal idaho-v-garza ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-rule prejudice-standard presumption-of-prejudice roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Was counsel's single statement that 'if you appeal you will get more time' adequate advice or deficient performance?
18-1393 William T. Walters v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing grand-jury-secrecy presumption-of-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct rule-6(e) rule-6e-violation structural-error Whether systematic and pervasive government misconduct that violates Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) is structural error giving rise to a pres…
18-8319 Jason Ray Flick v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion change-of-venue fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-impartiality presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity sixth-amendment Was petitioner denied a fair trial due to the trial court's abuse of discretion?
18-6764 Kenneth Ray Borders v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interlocutory-appeal presumption-of-prejudice roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment trial-counsel Does the 'presumption of prejudice' recognized in Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U.S. 470 (2000), apply where a criminal defendant instructs his trial coun…
18-6174 Edward Lang v. David Bobby, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied IFP deficient-performance due-process false-evidence false-theory ineffective-assistance juror-tampering presumption-of-prejudice reasonable-strategy reasonable-trial-strategy strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy Can the presentation of false evidence, in support of a false theory, constitute a reasonable trial strategy under Strickland v. Washington?
18-6008 Anibal Pagan-Romero v. United States First Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-trial dictionary dictionary-use due-process fifth-amendment first-circuit jury jury-instructions presumption-of-prejudice remmer-presumption remmer-v-united-states Whether the Petitioner was denied due process of law where the District Court, over the objection of Defendant provided the jury with a dictionary whi…