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Joshua Matz Petition of the Day

Posted Tue, July 12th, 2011 8:10 am

Petition of the day

Today’s Petition of the Day is:

Morris v. Virginia

Docket: 10-1498
Issue(s): (1) Whether Padilla v. Kentucky applies retroactively to ineffective assistance of counsel claims raised on collateral review; and (2) whether Virginia provides adequate postconviction remedies when petitioner and others similarly situated are precluded from vindicating violations of the right to effective assistance of counsel under Padilla.

Certiorari stage documents:


Posted in Morris v. Virginia, Everything Else

Recommended Citation: Joshua Matz, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 12, 2011, 8:10 AM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2011/07/petition-of-the-day-142/