No. 18-5985

Jeffery Dana Sparks v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary

Lower Court: Oregon
Docketed: 2018-09-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination death-penalty evidence-presentation expert-testimony expert-witnesses ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecution-experts prosecution-theory trial-strategy
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2018-11-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether defense counsel in a death penalty trial provided effective assistance

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Whether defense counsel in a death penalty trial provided effective assistance where that counsel failed thoroughly to prepare to cross-examine foreseeable prosecution experts and failed to present all available evidence to contradict the prosecution’s theory of the case. 2

Docket Entries

2018-11-19
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
2018-10-15
Brief of respondent Jeff Premo in opposition filed.
2018-09-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2018)

Attorneys

Jeff Premo
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Jeffery Sparks
Michael David CurtisMichael Curtis, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Michael David CurtisMichael Curtis, Attorney at Law, Petitioner