No. 22-5383
Lynn M. Giovanni v. New Jersey
IFP
Tags: criminal-defense diminished-capacity guilty-plea ineffective-assistance insanity-defense psychiatric-evaluation sentencing sentencing-mitigation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington withdrawal
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus CriminalProcedure
HabeasCorpus CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference:
2022-10-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . . QUESTION ONE: DOES THE ACTION/INACTION OF DEFENSE COUNSEL, IN FAILING TO UTILIZE OR UNDER-UTILIZING THE FAVORABLE PSYCHATRIC REPORTS COMPILED FOR THE . DEFENSE IN ASSERTING AN INSANITY/DIMINISHED CAPACITY DEFENSE AT TRIAL, AND/OR AS MITIGATING FACTOR(S) DURING SENTENCING, CONSTITUTE °° INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND A VIOLATION OF THIS COURT’S HOLDING IN STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052 (1984) TO JUSTIFY WITHDRAWAL OF HER GUILTY PLEA OR A REDUCTION NI HER . SENTENCE? . | :
Docket Entries
2022-10-17
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
2020-02-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2022)