No. 18-6110

Mikal Mahdi v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2018-09-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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 BrownSouth Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent