childhood-trauma
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6933 | Mikal Mahdi v. Bryan Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections | South Carolina | 2025-04-08 | Denied | IFP | capital-punishment childhood-trauma death-penalty ineffective-assistance mitigating-evidence sixth-amendment | Whether a capital defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel is violated when trial counsel fails to fully investigate and p… |
| 24-700 | David Thomas Harris Brantley v. United States, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2024-12-31 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | bone-morphogenic-protein childhood-trauma federal-grand-jury genetic-testing legal-jurisdiction medical-research | Whether the Supreme Court can adjudicate complex allegations of genetic manipulation, childhood trauma, and potential systemic misconduct involving me… |
| 21-5753 | James Allyson Lee v. Benjamin Ford, Warden | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-22 | Denied | IFP | capital-punishment capital-sentencing childhood-trauma habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence post-conviction-relief ptsd ptsd-evidence strickland-standard strickland-v-washington | Whether new mitigating evidence of a capital defendant's horrific childhood abuse and PTSD diagnosis can be considered cumulative and inconsequential … |