No. 18-6110
IFP
Tags: appointment-of-counsel capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty death-sentence habeas-corpus indigent-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-history right-to-counsel sixth-amendment south-carolina-supreme-court state-court
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
ERISA DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2018-11-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when the state post-conviction court failed to appoint counsel for Mikal D. Mahdi's second application for post-conviction relief
Docket Entries
2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-10-31
Reply of petitioner Mikal Mahdi filed.
2018-10-29
Brief of respondent South Carolina in opposition filed.
2018-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 29, 2018)
Attorneys
Mikal Mahdi
E. Charles Grose Jr. — Grose Law Firm, Petitioner
South Carolina
Melody Jane Brown — South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent