Mr. McCoy was convicted and sentenced to death. He appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court, saying his lawyer had betrayed him. Justice Ginsburg wrote that the new case, McCoy v. Louisiana, No. “Larry English was placed in a difficult position; he had an unruly client and faced a strong government case,” she wrote. On learning that Mr. Byrd was not an authorized driver, the trooper maintained that he was free to search the car without Mr. Byrd’s consent.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2018 21:00 UTC