No. 22-5091
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: all-or-nothing-strategy criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-consultation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-strategy lesser-included-offenses performance-deficiency strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is the decision not to tender available lesser included offense instructions an 'important decision' under Strickland v. Washington?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Is the decision not to tender available lesser included offense instructions in order to instead pursue an “all or nothing” strategy an “important decision” under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), such that trial counsel’s decision to pursue an “all or nothing” strategy without consulting with the defendant amounts to deficient performance under Strickland? 1
Docket Entries
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-12
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2022-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 12, 2022)
2022-05-03
Application (21A664) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until July 7, 2022.
2022-04-27
Application (21A664) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 8, 2022 to July 7, 2022, submitted to Justice Barrett.
Attorneys
Indiana
Aaron Thomas Craft — Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent
Aaron Thomas Craft — Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent