reasonable-counsel
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-1494 | Michael Steven Beeman v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-31 | Denied | Response Waived | counsel-performance criminal-procedure fourth-amendment guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining pre-trial-motion pre-trial-motions prejudice reasonable-counsel reasonable-performance | Whether jurists of reason could debate that a district court must evaluate the merits of a potential motion to suppress where the defendant pled guilt… |
| 18-671 | Kurt Robert Smith v. Anna Valentine, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2018-11-26 | Denied | Response Waived | 28-usc-2254 aedpa federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus ignorance-of-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ignorance reasonable-counsel strategic-decision | Must a court reviewing counsel's failure to investigate first determine whether the basis for the failure was counsel's ignorance of the law, or anoth… |