No. 18-9324
Robert Gordon Johnstone v. Nevada, et al.
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-retardation ninth-circuit post-conviction-relief retrial-proceedings standing statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause requires a new trial for a mentally retarded criminal defendant whose original trial counsel was ineffective in failing to present mitigating evidence of the defendant's mental retardation
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-04-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 17, 2019)
Attorneys
Robert Johnstone
Robert Gordon Johnstone — Petitioner