No. 20-7293

Willie Safford v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-03-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-violation defense-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions lesser-included-offense mitigating-evidence post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sentencing-phase standard-of-review
Latest Conference: 2021-04-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant has a right to a jury instruction on a lesser-included offense when requested by defense counsel at the end of the defendant's trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Willie Safford
Willie Safford — Petitioner
Willie Safford — Petitioner