No. 18-5068

Taliyah Taylor v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 28-usc-2254 compulsory-process criminal-defense criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns depraved-indifference due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-counsel mental-disease-defect mental-disease-or-defect mental-health post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington wiggins-v-smith
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does defense counsel's failure to investigate and present available affirmative evidence of mental disease or defect constitute ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

questions presented are: 1) Does defense counsel in a second degree depraved indifference murder case vidlate the requirements of Strickland v. Washington by failing to investigate and present available affirmative evidence that could have convinced a jury to vote not guilty by mental disease or defect, as this Court concluded in Wiggins v. Smith and Courts of Appeals have concluded or is defense counsel's decision . not to investigate such evidence "strategic" as the state ‘“upreme court held? 2) Whether the denial of Taylor's post-conviction relief was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law," as. determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, within the meaning of 28 UsS.C. §2254(d) (1)? ; ;

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 1, 2018)

Attorneys

Taliyah Taylor
Taliyah Taylor — Petitioner
Taliyah Taylor — Petitioner