| 21-5686 |
Tobias Soto-Melchor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlling-precedent counsel-of-choice ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-rule right-to-counsel right-to-counsel-of-choice right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-delay |
Proper-standard-for-substituting-retained-counsel |
| 20-7339 |
Kevin Antonio Watson v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation court-procedure critical-stage due-process federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation procedural-review right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel structural-error |
Whether trial counsel's absence during the Commonwealth's witness direct examination constitutes a critical stage of the trial and a structural error |
| 20-6880 |
Victor Esquivel, aka Youngster v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anders-brief constructive-denial criminal-procedure direct-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel no-merit-brief preserved-objections right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel |
Whether Esquivel's Right to Counsel Was Constructively Denied |
| 20-916 |
Nathaniel K. Hooker v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2021-01-08 |
Dismissed |
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adversarial-proceeding criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance probable-cause right-to-bear-arms right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the Circuit Court of Will County erroneously deprived the defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel during his criminal proceedings |
| 18-6580 |
Wiliiam Scott Fitts v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. |
Georgia |
2018-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment Fourteenth-Amendment-due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel normative-legal-issues plea-bargaining right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the accused's constitutional rights were violated when forced to choose between the Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment in deciding wheth… |
| 18-5265 |
In Re Brandon Lee |
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2018-07-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
consent consent-requirements criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indictment-procedure indictments indigent-defendants judicial-standard prosecutorial-discretion right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-jury-trial standard |
Whether the state can rely on true bill of indictments that meet the clearly erroneous standard without verbal and/or written consent of indigent defe… |