No. 23A1151

Devin Allen Bennett v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2024-06-25
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: capital-sentencing double-edged-sword ineffective-assistance mitigation-evidence sixth-amendment strickland-standard
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court's rejection of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on a hypothetical 'residual doubt' strategy and potential 'double-edged' mitigation evidence violates the Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel

Docket Entries

2024-06-27
Application (23A1151) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 16, 2024.
2024-06-17
Application (23A1151) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 17, 2024 to September 15, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Attorneys

Devin Bennett
Krissy Casey Nobile — MS Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Petitioner