No. 24A362

Utah v. Douglas A. Lovell

Lower Court: Utah
Docketed: 2024-10-17
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: capital-murder ineffective-assistance mitigation-witness religious-testimony strickland-standard trial-strategy
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim can be established when trial counsel strategically chose not to object to potentially prejudicial testimony to preserve a key mitigation witness's broader narrative

Docket Entries

2024-10-21
Application (24A362) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until November 22, 2024.
2024-10-11
Application (24A362) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 23, 2024 to December 22, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

State of Utah
Stanford Edward PurserUtah Attorney General's Office, Petitioner
Stanford Edward PurserUtah Attorney General's Office, Petitioner