Tyler v. Louisiana
Petition for certiorari denied on December 12, 2016
Issue: (1) Whether, when counsel fully concedes the client's guilt to all charges over the client's express objection, counsel's performance amounts to a complete failure to subject the prosecution's case to meaningful adversarial testing so that the United States v. Cronic prejudice standard applies (as every other state and federal court to consider the question has held), or whether the Strickland v. Washington prejudice standard applies (as the lower court in this case held); (2) whether the petitioner's 14th Amendment rights under Boykin v. Alabama and Brookhart v. Janis were violated when his counsel entered the "functional equivalent of a guilty plea" to first-degree murder over his objections; (3) whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to self-representation under Faretta v. California was violated when the trial court did not explain that the petitioner had the right to represent himself when he tried unsuccessfully to fire his attorneys; and (4) whether, in a capital case, the defense counsel who concedes guilt after failing to investigate and present a readily available innocence defense against his client's express wishes renders ineffective assistance under Strickland.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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02/04/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 10, 2016) |
03/15/2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 25, 2016. |
04/26/2016 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including July 25, 2016. |
07/22/2016 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 1, 2016. |
08/01/2016 | Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed. |
08/12/2016 | Reply of petitioner James Tyler, III filed. |
08/18/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016. |
08/25/2016 | Record Requested . |
09/19/2016 | Record received from Caddo Parish, State of Louisiana (1 envelope). The record is electronic. |
10/31/2016 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The record is electronic. |
11/03/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 22, 2016. |
11/28/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 2, 2016. |
12/05/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 9, 2016. |
12/12/2016 | Petition DENIED. |