right-to-autonomy
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 violate capital defendants' right to autonomy under the Sixth Amendment and McCoy v. Louisiana? |
| 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'… |
| 21-8263 | John Matthias Watson, III v. Nevada | Nevada | 2022-06-29 | Denied | IFP | capital-murder criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy mccoy-precedent mccoy-v-louisana right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment trial-counsel unauthorized-concession | Is it a concession of guilt by trial counsel which violated Mr. Watson's longstanding right to autonomy and the Sixth Amendment holding of McCoy v. Lo… |
| 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 | Whether the Sixth Amendment right to autonomy over the objective of one's defense, as recognized in McCoy v. Louisiana, applies retroactively on colla… | |
| 20-464 | James J. Rosemond v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-10-09 | Denied | actus-reus capital-cases concession-of-guilt criminal-defendant criminal-procedure right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment trial-counsel | Does an attorney violate a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to autonomy by admitting, over the defendant's objection, that the defendant ord… | |
| 19-5547 | Ronny Lee Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-09 | Denied | IFP | abandonment-of-claim abandonment-of-defense certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim counsel-statement-of-guilt counsel-statements criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel right-to-autonomy right-to-counsel | Whether COA should have been granted based on petitioner's right to autonomy when his counsel abandoned petitioner's claim of not guilty when counsel … |