low-iq

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-5169 Randy A. Thomas v. Ohio Ohio 2020-07-24 Denied IFP developmental-delay fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel low-iq mental-capacity self-defense sixth-amendment social-security Is counsel ineffective under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when no investigation is conducted pre-trial concerning the client's developmental-de…
19-7087 Anthony May v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances ineffective-assistance low-iq manifest-injustice mental-retardation Whether petitioner's 'mental retardation' and 'low IQ' constitute 'extraordinary circumstances' in which 'equitable tolling' should be applied to avoi…