unitary-review

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1092 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-04-08 Denied Response Waived civil-rights counsel counsel-representation direct-appeal due-process hobsons-choice nunc-pro-tunc post-conviction post-conviction-relief unitary-review Does Pennsylvania's allowance of unitary review require a grant of relief nunc-pro-tunc to individuals whose counsel wrongly imposed a Hobson's-choice
23A460 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-11-21 Presumed Complete appellate-review constitutional-right court-appointed-counsel ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief unitary-review Whether a court-appointed criminal defense counsel violates a defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel by forcing the defen…
23A461 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-11-21 Presumed Complete constitutional-right court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief unitary-review Whether a court-appointed criminal defense counsel can constitutionally deny an indigent defendant representation by forcing a choice between direct a…