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2 results for “Willie R. Burgess, Jr.”

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Tags Question Presented
24-6472 Willie R. Burgess, Jr. v. Alabama Alabama 2025-02-05 Denied capital-murder death-penalty expert-testimony ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief strickland-standard Under the extreme circumstances of this case, can a state court deny a Strickland claim on the merits without conducting an evidentiary hearing?
24A523 Willie R. Burgess, Jr. v. Alabama Alabama 2024-11-27 Presumed Complete capital-murder death-penalty eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing postconviction state-review Whether the Eighth Amendment permits the imposition of a death sentence following a capital murder conviction where the defendant was denied an eviden…