prejudice-analysis

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25-5894 Kenneth Lavigne v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-10-15 Denied IFP habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment strickland-standard time-barred Whether the Fifth Circuit violated the Sixth Amendment and this Court's precedent in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), Hill v. Lockhart, …
24-6056 Londell Bond v. Jasen Bohinski, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-analysis strickland-standard Does the 'probing and fact-specific analysis' mandated by Strickland v. Washington and Sears v. Upton require courts to weigh both the strengths and w…
24-6022 Leonard Contreras Sandoval v. Jamie Miller, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2024-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prejudice-analysis strickland-standard trial-counsel Whether a state court unreasonably applies the Strickland standard when evaluating habeas petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claim by fail…
24-5640 Mark Watkins v. New York New York 2024-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP deficient-performance ineffective-assistance prejudice-analysis reasonable-probability strickland-standard trial-counsel Whether a single error by trial counsel must satisfy Strickland's deficient-performance and reasonable-probability-prejudice standards or a heightened…
24A271 Leonard Contreras Sandoval v. Jamie Miller, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2024-09-17 Presumed Complete constitutional-violation habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a more nuanced evaluation of prejudice under Strickland v. Washington when assessing ineffective assistance of co…
24-5508 Jason J. Dominick v. Tina Walker, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette Third Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP blood-pattern-analysis forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance prejudice-analysis strickland-standard trial-counsel Whether the lower courts applied an erroneous standard for determining prejudice under Strickland v. Washington when assessing the impact of trial cou…
24-5014 Aweis Haji-Mohamed v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split due-process ineffective-assistance mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-error strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
23-6800 Jorge Espinosa v. New York New York 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP clear-cut-and-dispositive constitutional-right criminal-defense due-process error-and-prejudice ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-error prejudice-analysis single-error Strickland strickland-standard Whether all ineffective assistance of counsel claims are assessed under the Strickland error-and-prejudice rule, or whether such claims based on a sin…
23-604 Leon Phillip Jacob v. Texas Texas 2023-12-06 Denied habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mitigating-evidence prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor Whether the Texas courts' prejudice analysis defies this Court's precedents in Strickland v. Washington, Williams v. Taylor, and Wiggins v. Smith
23-5959 Jason Claude Edwards v. Tristan Lemon, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP counsel-advice ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye ninth-circuit plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Ninth Circuit majority unreasonably applied clearly established Supreme Court law
23-5886 Phillip Charles Gibbs v. Becky Carl, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review automatic-reversal constitutional-violation habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment state-practice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington unconstitutional-state-practice Whether prejudice under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), is shown by an attorney's failure to preserve a claim that would result in an a…
23-5423 Andre Monteek Edwards v. Kim Cargor, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP accident accident-defense criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prejudice prejudice-analysis second-degree-murder self-defense strickland-standard Does a second degree murder conviction preclude a showing of prejudice
22-7859 Timothy Sumpter v. Kansas Tenth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process exhaustion-doctrine habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis state-post-conviction strickland strickland-standard sufficiency-of-evidence Is it contrary to the clearly established Strickland standard to assess the prejudice from trial counsel's ineffective assistance of counsel for her f…
22-997 Andrew Lewis v. Texas Texas 2023-04-13 Denied criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-evidence medical-testimony prejudice-analysis standard-of-review strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel Whether the TCCA failed to conduct the 'probing and fact-specific' prejudice analysis required by Strickland v. Washington
22-6145 Daniel Alexander Rodriguez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-law burden-shifting commenting-on-silence falsely-representing-evidence ineffective-assistance misstating-law misstating-witness ninth-circuit-review prejudice-analysis prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly applied Arizona law in finding that multiple instances of prosecutorial misconduct did not prejudice petitioner …
22-358 Ronald Blake Fears v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response Waived double-deference federal-deference habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review state-court-review strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) requires that a federal court apply 'double deference' to a state court's legal conclusion that a habeas petitioner was…
22-235 Paul S. Morrissey, et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-13 Denied Amici (2) appellate-circuit-split case-termination civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-standard federal-rules prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review statute-of-limitations willful-noncompliance Whether a discretionary dismissal without prejudice, which nevertheless functions as a dismissal with prejudice because it would end a case forever, i…
22-5476 John R. Wood v. Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied IFP capital-punishment fourth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis prison-conditions strickland-standard Wilson-v-Sellers Whether the state court unreasonably applied Strickland-v-Washington
21-1579 Stephen Alexander v. Georgia Georgia 2022-06-22 Denied Response Waived courtroom-closure fundamental-unfairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington When Defense Counsel errs by not objecting to an improper courtroom closure, should reviewing courts apply a 'fundamental unfairness' test, or the tra…
21-7794 Paul C. Bolin v. Ron Broomfield, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-05-06 Denied IFP aggravating-factors capital-punishment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-discretion mitigation mitigation-evidence prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether a state or federal habeas court may reasonably conclude that a crime is so aggravated that no mitigation could persuade even one juror to vote…
21-7660 Scott McLaughlin v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections Eighth Circuit 2022-04-20 Denied IFP capital-habeas cumulative-errors expert-witness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness opening-statement prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether a reviewing court should consider the cumulative effect of multiple errors by trial counsel in assessing Strickland deficiency and prejudice
21-7154 John Walters v. Michael Martin, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Under the prejudice analysis in Missouri v. Frye and Strickland v. Washington, does the acceptance of a later, less favorable plea show prejudice even…
21-938 Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes Fourth Circuit 2021-12-23 GVR Relisted (2) capital-punishment fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence prejudice-analysis procedural-default strategic-decision strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Fourth Circuit violated Strickland v. Washington in its prejudice analysis
21-6065 Michael Belcher v. Alabama Alabama 2021-10-26 Denied IFP capital-murder due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial fourteenth-amendment post-mortem-photographs prejudice-analysis prejudicial-evidence Whether the admission, without an analysis of the risk of prejudice, of over 40 gruesome photographs of the victim's body, depicting post-mortem decom…
20-8199 Isiah Lamonte Brown v. California California 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-remedy counsel-ineffectiveness counsel-violation criminal-procedure fundamental-autonomy prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-testify standard-of-review waiver waiver-standard What standard of prejudice must be satisfied to reverse a conviction due to counsel's violation of the defendant's right to testify?
20-1134 John Myers v. Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison Seventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-review circuit-split criminal-conviction criminal-defense ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with at least four other courts of appeals, that to establish prejudice under Strickland v. …
20-6391 Timothy Ronald Hare v. Michigan Michigan 2020-11-20 Denied IFP constitutional-standard critical-stage effective-assistance ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic Does the requirement to prove prejudice under Lafler v Cooper place a burden on the accused that is deemed unnecessary in United States v Cronic
20-5721 Sheyna Douprea v. Janel Espinoza, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP battered-woman-syndrome ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health post-traumatic-stress-disorder prejudice prejudice-analysis self-defense strickland-standard strickland-v-washington was-douprea-required-to-establish-a-reasonable-probability-of-a-total-acquittal
20-101 Lloyd Harris v. Maryland Maryland 2020-08-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (14) actual-prejudice balancing-test constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial preindictment-delay prejudice-analysis prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-motive Where preindictment delay has caused actual prejudice to the accused's ability to defend himself, does the Due Process Clause require (1) the defendan…
19-8866 Yara Chum v. Patricia Anne Coyne-Fague, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections First Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard sixth-amendment state-court-review state-law-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Did the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit err in holding that a state court decision was not contrary to federal law when, in deciding a Sixth Am…
19-7825 Gustavo Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-defense elements-of-offense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-test lafler-v-cooper legally-nonexistent-defense plea-bargaining prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington How should a court apply the 'reasonable probability' test for prejudice under Strickland v. Washington and Lafler v. Cooper to a defendant who reject…
19-7407 Paula Bennett v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP closeness-of-case constitutional-deficiency criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns cumulative-errors cumulative-prejudice ineffective-assistance prejudice prejudice-analysis reasonable-likelihood sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard strickland-v-washington sufficiency-of-evidence sufficiency-of-the-evidence trial-counsel Whether a court may conduct a prejudice analysis that focuses solely on the sufficiency of the evidence presented, or must instead consider the closen…
19-7329 Jamaar Jerome Williams v. Jo Gentry, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-witnesses habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review post-conviction-litigation post-conviction-relief prejudice prejudice-analysis Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it concluded Williams had failed to establish prejudice under Martinez v. Ryan because the record clearly shows W…
19-6857 Clarence Rozell Goode, Jr. v. Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied IFP brady-and-progeny brady-claim brady-claims-review constitutional-error due-process fair-presentation fair-presentation-doctrine habeas habeas-corpus judicial-duty pervasive-effect-of-errors prejudice-analysis preservation preservation-doctrine preservation-of-issues totality-of-evidence totality-of-the-evidence Should questionable application of the fair presentation and preservation doctrines allow a circuit court to neglect duties such as the duty to determ…
19-491 Nilesh Bharatkumar Kumar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure hill-v-lockhart immigration-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-resident plea-agreement plea-bargaining prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether a noncitizen defendant with legal resident status and extended familial and property ties to the United States must prove that a superior alte…
19-6125 Francis G. Hernandez v. Ronald Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied IFP appellate-review child-abuse criminal-procedure diminished-capacity habeas-corpus head-injuries ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness ninth-circuit prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Was counsel's failure to investigate and present a diminished capacity defense prejudicial under Strickland v. Washington?
19-336 Keith Chester Hill v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Response Waived capital-sentencing discretionary-sentencing fifth-circuit glover-v-united-states habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis reasonable-probability sentencing strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that, to demonstrate that counsel was ineffective at a state, non-capital, discretionary sentencing proc…
19-227 Adnan Syed v. Maryland Maryland 2019-08-21 Denied Amici (3) constitutional-review criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jury-disbelief jury-evaluation prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review state-case-presentation state-prosecution strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether a court evaluating prejudice under Strickland v. Washington must take the State's case as it was presented to the jury or may hypothesize that…
19-5568 Keith D. Nelson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied IFP brain-damage capital-sentencing certificate-of-appealability childhood-abuse childhood-sexual-abuse ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel life-sentence mental-illness mitigating-evidence prejudice-analysis strickland-prejudice strickland-prejudice-standard strickland-standard Does it violate the Strickland prejudice standard to conclude that never before presented evidence of brain damage, severe mental illness, and childho…
19-183 Mark Douglas Robison v. Texas Texas 2019-08-09 Denied Response Waived criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-fairness trial-outcome Whether a criminal-defense attorney's deficient performance under Strickland v. Washington affects the trial's outcome or renders the trial fundamenta…
18-8655 Nicholas Ryan Holloway v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-attorney appellate-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel strickland-standard trial-counsel Whether the U.S. District Court erred in deferring to the Arkansas State Courts' finding that Mr. Holloway was not prejudiced by both his trial and ap…
18-742 Brandon Washington v. Alabama Alabama 2018-12-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-review cumulative-effect cumulative-error due-process ineffective-assistance performance prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel trial-counsel-errors Whether, under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), a court assessing the prejudice resulting from trial counsel's errors should consider ea…