No. 24-6542
William Michael Dennis v. Chance Andes, Acting Warden
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process ineffective-assistance insanity-defense mental-state strickland-standard trial-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
Latest Conference:
2025-03-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Court of Appeals incorrectly found trial counsel ineffective when failing to present a mental state and insanity defense
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
1. Whether the Court of Appeals decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court by finding trial counseleffective when he failed to present a mental state and insanity defense. See e.g. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984). i
Docket Entries
2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-19
Waiver of Chance Andes of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-18
Waiver of right of respondent Chance Andes to respond filed.
2025-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2025)
2024-12-10
Application (24A565) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 8, 2025.
2024-11-29
Application (24A565) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 10, 2024 to February 8, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Chance Andes
Jeffrey M. K. Laurence — CA Attorney General's Office, Respondent
William Michael Dennis
James S. Thomson — James Thomson, Attorney and Counselor at Law , Petitioner