No. 23-6839

Donte Johnson v. Nevada

Lower Court: Nevada
Docketed: 2024-02-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-strategy effective-counsel expert-testimony false-confessions ineffective-assistance police-interrogation sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

did-the-nevada-supreme-court-deprive-petitioner-of-his-sixth-amendment-right-to-effective-counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Did the Nevada Supreme Court deprive petitioner of his Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel by analyzing counsel’s ineffective performance as mere discretionary strategy? i

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-25
Reply of petitioner Donte Johnson filed.
2024-03-15
Brief of respondent Nevada in opposition filed.
2024-02-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 28, 2024)
2023-12-19
Application (23A564) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 23, 2024.
2023-12-14
Application (23A564) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 25, 2023 to February 23, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Donte Johnson
Randolph Makoto FiedlerFederal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
Randolph Makoto FiedlerFederal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
The State of Nevada
Alexander Ga-King ChenClark County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Alexander Ga-King ChenClark County District Attorney's Office, Respondent