mitigation-specialist
2 cases — ← All topics
| 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… |