South Carolina Supreme Court holding that there is both a statutory and constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in SVP proceedings.
Matter of Chapman (S.C. 2017)
Posted: June 12, 2019
Commonwealth v. Thompson (Ky. 2018)
Posted: April 28, 2019
Kentucky Supreme Court opinion finding that failure to advise as to sex offense registration in the context of a guilty plea constitutes deficient performance under the Sixth Amendment.
United States v. Shepherd (5th Cir. 2018)
Posted: January 26, 2018
5th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion holding that appellant's guilty plea for failing to register as a sex offender was not voluntary on the grounds that his attorney was ineffective.