Cert Petition of the Day: On the Retroactive Application of Padilla v. Kentucky

The SCOTUSblog.com cert petition of the day involves the retroactive application of Padilla v. Kentucky.  Today’s Petition of the Day is in Morris v. Virginia and seeks review of a Virginia Supreme Court decision.  The petition raises these issues:

1.  Whether Padilla v. Kentucky applies retroactively to ineffective assistance of counsel claims raised on collateral review; and

2.  Whether Virginia provides adequate postconviction remedies when petitioner and others similarly situated are precluded from vindicating violations of the right to effective assistance of counsel under Padilla.

KJ