| 22-5416 |
James Montell Chappell v. Nevada |
Nevada |
2022-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder ineffective-assistance-of-counsel organic-brain-damage prejudice prejudice-prong strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
When trial counsel in a capital case presents anecdotal evidence of prenatal exposure to alcohol and evidence of learning disability but not expert te… |
| 18-8682 |
Sean Carter v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
ake-v-oklahoma cullen-v-pinholster due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-habeas-proceedings fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel organic-brain-damage organic-brain-impairment state-court-proceedings state-court-review |
The evidence in the state court record suggested that Sean Carter suffers from organic brain damage. Carter's trial attorneys performed deficiently, t… |
| 18-7693 |
Dustin Dressner v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
brain-damage ineffective-assistance-of-counsel organic-brain-damage penalty-phase prejudice-standard sears-v-upton sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether it violates the Sixth Amendment and this Court's precedent in Strickland v. Washington 466 U.S. 668, 104 S. Ct 2052 (1984) and Sears v. Upton,… |
| 18-7431 |
Teddrick Batiste v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 death-penalty due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance organic-brain-damage procedural-bar state-court-deference wilson-v-sellers |
The post-conviction state court process in Batiste's case was inadequate for ascertaining the truth and lacked critical components of an adjudication … |