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MICKENS, WALTER, JR. v. TAYLOR, WARDEN (21698)
Order dated: 04/16/01Docket number: 00-9285
Action:
(00A874) The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to the Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted. The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to following question: Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that a defendant must show an actual conflict of interest and an adverse effect in order to establish a Sixth Amendment violation where a trial court fails to inquire into a potential conflict of interest about which it reasonably should have known? The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
MICKENS, WALTER, JR. v. TAYLOR, WARDEN (21698)
Order dated: 06/25/01Docket number: 00-9285
Action:
The motion for appointment of counsel is granted and it is ordered that Robert J. Wagner, Esquire, of Richmond, Virginia, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
MICKENS, WALTER, JR. v. TAYLOR, WARDEN (21698)
Order dated: 10/01/01Docket number: 00-9285
Action:
The motion of Legal Ethicists, et al., for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.
MICKENS, WALTER, JR. v. TAYLOR, WARDEN (21698)
Order dated: 05/13/02Docket number: 00-9285
Action:
The petitions for rehearing are denied.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that a defendant must show an actual conflict of interest and an adverse effect in order to establish a Sixth Amendment violation where a trial court fails to inquire into a potential conflict of interest about which it reasonably should have known?
An opinion has been handed down: