Visiting Professor Brent Newton’s Article on Incentivizing Ineffective-Assistance-Of-Counsel Claims On Direct Appeal in Criminal Cases Has Been Accepted for Publication by the Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

VISITING PROFESSOR BRENT NEWTON’S ARTICLE ON INCENTIVIZING INEFFECTIVE-ASSISTANCE-OF-COUNSEL CLAIMS ON DIRECT APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY THE JOURNAL OF APPELLATE PRACTICE AND PROCESS

August 2021 — Visiting Professor Brent Newton’s article, Incentivizing Ineffectiveness Claims Raised on Direct Appeal: Why Appellate Courts on Direct Appeal Should Remand “Colorable” Claims for Evidentiary Hearings, recently has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Appellate Practice & Process at the University of Arizona.

In 2009, Practitioner in Residence Brent E. Newton was appointed as deputy director of the United States Sentencing Commission, a position he held until January 2019. Professor Newton also practices civil, criminal, and immigration law in Maryland and Texas. In addition, he has been a lecturer, adjunct professor, or visiting professor at several other law schools, including American and Georgetown Universities, the University of Houston Law Center, and Seoul National University in South Korea. Professor Newton has been an elected member of the American Law Institute since 2010.