Chatman v. Mancill

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• recognizing that the mere fact that counsel was responsible for a delay in resolving post- conviction motions did not mean counsel was ineffective and that counsel may have strategic reasons for delaying litigation of post- 8 conviction motions
• explaining that no such potential conflict of interest existed where appellate counsel sought to pursue ineffective assistance claims against counsel who left the public defender’s office before appellate counsel was appointed to represent the defendant
• adopting the four-factor test for speedy-trial claims set forth in Barker for claims asserting violation of due process for lack of a timely appeal
• “In the absence of testimony to the contrary, counsel’s actions are presumed to be strategic, and strongly presumed to fall within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.”
• “Substantial delays experienced during the criminal appellate process implicate due process rights.” (cleaned up)
• delay attributed to ineffective assistance of appellate counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).