No. 23-7509

Thomas J. Moore v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof capital-case criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct religious-arguments testimonial-evidence trial-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In a capital case where the petitioner has always maintained his innocence, where the petitioner testified in his own defense, and where the prosecution’s case was primarily testimonial lacking inculpatory physical evidence, did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance by failing to object to inflammatory and impermissible argument by the prosecutor? i

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-28
Reply of Thomas Moore submitted.
2024-08-28
Reply of petitioner Thomas Moore filed. (Distributed)
2024-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-14
Brief of respondent Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections in opposition filed.
2024-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 20, 2024)

Attorneys

Dixon, Sec., FL DOC
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Thomas Moore
Leor VeleanuOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner