Richard Bacquie v. New York

Whether an attorney who violates the advocatewitness rule by placing themselves in a position where they are the sole witness for exculpatory information which establishes a defense, but fails to move to withdraw as counsel or to present that exculpatory evidence to the jury, renders effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment?

Whether the Sixth Amendment’s speedy trial guarantee permits the prosecution to impose a threeyear delay in bringing a garden-variety, non-complex street crime felony case to trial where the delay actually prejudices the defendant?

Whether a prosecutor who repeatedly shifts the burden of proof to the defendant, despite being repeatedly told to refrain from such conduct by the trial court, repeatedly injects their personal beliefs as to a defendant’s guilt, and improperly cross-examines a defendant and defense witnesses to elicit whether prosecution witnesses were lying, violates a defendant’s Due Process right to a fundamentally fair trial?