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McCOY v. LOUISIANA

No. 16-8255.

138 S.Ct. 1500 (2018)

584 U.S. 414

Robert Leroy McCOY, Petitioner v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Elizabeth Murrill , Solicitor General, for Respondent.

Richard Bourke , Joe Vigneri , New Orleans, LA, Meghan Shapiro , Alexandria, VA, Alan E. Schoenfeld , Michael D. Gottesman , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, Seth P. Waxman , Danielle Spinelli , Catherine M.A. Carroll , David Lehn , Jonathan A. Bressler , Samuel M. Strongin , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

J. Schuyler Marvin , District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney, Benton, LA, Jeff Landry , Louisiana Attorney General, Elizabeth B. Murrill , Solicitor General, Colin Clark, Deputy Solicitor General, Andrea Barient , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Respondent.

In Florida v. Nixon, 543 U.S. 175, 125 S.Ct. 551, 160 L.Ed.2d 565 (2004), this Court considered whether the Constitution bars defense counsel from conceding a capital defendant's guilt at trial "when [the] defendant, informed by counsel, neither consents...

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