No. 18-1495

Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Charles Christopher Williams

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: aedpa aedpa-review aedpa-standard capital-case capital-punishment capital-sentencing double-edged-evidence double-edged-sword fetal-alcohol-syndrome future-dangerousness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is a state court objectively unreasonable, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), when it concludes that a capital defendant was not prejudiced by his counsel's failure to introduce evidence that a federal habeas court concludes is a "double-edged sword" that might "indicate future dangerousness" and which counsel may well choose not to introduce in any further proceedings.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court is objectively unreasonable under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) in concluding a capital defendant was not prejudiced by counsel's failure to introduce 'double-edged' evidence of fetal alcohol syndrome that may indicate future dangerousness

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-12
Reply of petitioners Bryan Stirling, et al. filed.
2019-06-28
Brief of respondent Charles Christopher Williams in opposition filed.
2019-05-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Bryan Stirling, et al.
Melody Jane BrownSouth Carolina Attorney General's Office, Petitioner
Charles Christopher Williams
William Harry Ehlies IIWilliam H. Ehlies, P.A., Respondent