mitigation-specialist

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6942 John Sexton v. Florida Florida 2025-04-08 Denied IFP capital-punishment court-witness harmless-error mitigation-specialist sixth-amendment structural-error Did the state trial court commit structural error by violating the Defendant's Sixth Amendment-secured right to autonomy in his capital penalty procee…
21-6559 George Russell Kayer v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied IFP capital-murder competency-determination direct-appeal due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-specialist sentencing-hearing trial-counsel Whether a state court's decision on direct appeal is based on an unreasonable determination of facts when it concludes that a defendant refused to coo…