No. 25-1176

Marion Alexander Lindsey v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2026-04-14
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: None
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether courts evaluating claims may evaluate only each error in isolation—or whether they are obligated to consider the prejudice resulting from the cumulative effect of counsel's deficiencies.

2. Whether a trial court's wholesale adoption in a capital case of the State's proposed order without providing any judicial guidance or substantive change violates the Due Process Clause or Eighth Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Docket Entries

2026-04-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 14, 2026)
2026-01-27
Application (25A846) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 3, 2026.
2026-01-21
Application (25A846) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2026 to April 3, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Marion Lindsey
Paul Whitfield HughesMcDermott Will & Schulte LLP, Petitioner