| 24-6989 |
Darrel Eston Lee v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mitigation-investigation post-conviction-relief strickland-standard williams-v-taylor |
Did the lower federal courts violate the rule of Williams v. Taylor by attributing fault for not developing factual support of a claim in state court … |
| 23A796 |
Leslie Galloway, III v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2024-02-28 |
Presumed Complete |
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capital-punishment constitutional-rights ineffective-assistance mitigation-investigation penalty-phase sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires reversal of a capital conviction where trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing … |
| 20-1125 |
Antonio Devoe Jones v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2021-02-17 |
Denied |
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6th-amendment alabama-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance mitigation-evidence mitigation-investigation |
Was Petitioner deprived of his constitutional right to effective counsel? |
| 20-6891 |
Ronald Knight v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-defense capital-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health mental-health-evidence mitigation-investigation postconviction-relief prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether trial counsel has an obligation to conduct a comprehensive mitigation investigation |
| 19-7524 |
In Re Lexter K. Kossie |
|
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-U.S.C.-§-2244 28-usc-2244 constitutional-performance due-process habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan Martinez-v.-Ryan mitigation-investigation procedural-default successive-petitions supreme-court-review trevino-v-thaler Trevino-v.-Thaler trial-counsel |
Whether the Court's 'equitable' ruling permits Texas prisoners to avoid the successive requirements found at 28 U.S.C. § 2244(a) and (b) regarding pri… |
| 19-7476 |
Timothy Wayne Kemp v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
brady-rule brady-violation criminal-procedure death-penalty discovery due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation mitigation-investigation procedural-default professional-standards |
Must a court consider prevailing professional norms when determining whether a life history investigation was 'thorough? |
| 19-569 |
Carlos Manuel Ayestas v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
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capital-case capital-case-mitigation-evidence ineffective-assistance mental-health mitigation-evidence mitigation-investigation professional-norms rompilla-v-beard sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington substance-abuse wiggins-v-smith |
Whether 'prevailing professional norms' required counsel in a capital case to investigate potential mitigation evidence, including red flags for menta… |
| 19-6061 |
Phillip Jones v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-punishment due-process eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-investigation sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Whether trial counsel is ineffective in a capital case when counsel conducts their mitigation investigation after the trial begins, does not allow the… |
| 18-6749 |
James Barnes v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-violation criminal-procedure faretta-right faretta-v-california mitigation mitigation-investigation presentencing-investigation pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment special-counsel |
Whether Florida's use of 'special counsel' to investigate and present mitigation and its requirement of a presentencing investigation report to provid… |