No. 18-5348

Gary Clack v. Kentucky

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2018-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: counsel-performance criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kentucky-court-of-appeals post-conviction-relief prejudice prejudice-prong sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington witness-testimony
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Kentucky Court of Appeals properly applied the Strickland prejudice prong when it held that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to investigate and present witness testimony at trial, but that Clack was not prejudiced by this deficient performance of counsel.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Kentucky Court of Appeals properly applied the Strickland prejudice prong when it held that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to investigate and present witness testimony at trial, but that Clack was not prejudiced by this deficient performance of counsel

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-14
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Kentucky to respond filed.
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-06-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 24, 2018)

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Jason Bradley MooreOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Gary Clack
Christine Jane FosterDepartment of Public Advocacy, Petitioner