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 | During John Sexton's capital penalty phase trial, after he presented his mitigation and rested, the trial court called the defense team's mitigation s… |
| 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 | In March 1997, a jury convicted George Russell Kayer of capital murder. Only after his conviction, and just two months before his sentencing hearing, … |