wiggins-standard
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6038 | Robert Wharton v. Joseph Terra, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix | Third Circuit | 2024-11-26 | Denied | Amici (1)IFP | capital-case harmless-error juror-prejudice mitigation-evidence strickland-prejudice wiggins-standard | How should the 'one juror' standard of prejudice set forth in Wiggins v. Smith be applied where mitigation evidence would have led to both positive an… |
| 20-7895 | David Scott Franks v. Benjamin Ford, Warden | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-04-30 | Denied | IFP | capital-case capital-sentencing eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance mitigating-evidence residual-doubt sentencing wiggins-standard wiggins-v-smith | Is counsel relieved of the duty to investigate and present all reasonably available mitigating evidence in a capital case if he chooses to present a r… |