No. 24-5640

Mark Watkins v. New York

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2024-09-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: deficient-performance ineffective-assistance prejudice-analysis reasonable-probability strickland-standard trial-counsel
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a single error by trial counsel must satisfy Strickland's deficient-performance and reasonable-probability-prejudice standards or a heightened standard for single-error cases

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED To establish that trial counsel was ineffective due to a single error, must the defendant establish that the error satisfies Strickland v. Washington’s and standards, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), or must he also satisfy a heightened standard that governs single-error cases?

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-16
Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed.
2024-09-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2024)
2024-08-14
Application (24A171) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until September 20, 2024.
2024-08-09
Application (24A171) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 21, 2024 to September 20, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Mark Watkins
Matthew Joseph BovaCenter for Appellate Litigation, Petitioner
Matthew Joseph BovaCenter for Appellate Litigation, Petitioner
New York
Steven Chiajon WuNew York County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Steven Chiajon WuNew York County District Attorney's Office, Respondent