Corey Blaine Coggins v. Eric Cox, Warden

Did Coggins’ Public Defender’s (Weber) entering into a joint defense agreement with Coggins’ co-defendant’s (Tabor) lawyer without Coggins’ knowledge or consent constitute ineffective assistance of counsel in that this had the effect of leaving Coggins without any defense when the District Attorney dismissed Tabor in the middle of the trial, in that Coggins’ Public Defender had made no preparation for trial and had subpoenaed no witnesses? In 2018, Coggins discovered for the first time following his trial in 2006 that his court-appointed Public Defender (Weber) had, without his knowledge or consent, entered into a joint defense agreement with his co-defendant’s (Tabor) lawyer. (Dkt. 14-3, pp.1-34). The evidence implicating Tabor was available to Weber prior to trial and showed that there was physical evidence in 2001 tying Tabor to the stabbing (blood), that Tabor had a motive (self-defense) in that the victim (Smith) had attacked him, and that Tabor had made admissions in 2001 to a deputy (Deputy Dennis Mack) at the scene and to Tabor’s then-girlfriend (Whitney Varna) that he had stabbed Smith in self­ defense?

Did the District Attorney, without disclosing to the trial court the admissions made by Tabor to Deputy Mack in 2001 and without disclosing to the trial court the content of Osborne’s and Roberson’s letters, mislead the trial court and in turn, the jury, in violation of this Court’s holdings in Napue v. Illinois, 358