No. 18-8857
Jeffrey A. Weisheit v. Indiana
IFP
Tags: aggravating-circumstances constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-circumstances penalty-phase strickland-standard strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor
Latest Conference:
2019-06-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court contravened Strickland by acknowledging counsel made mistakes, but not finding them to be deficient performance even though they were clustered in counsel's penalty phase representation.
2. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court contravened Strickland and Williams on the prejudice prong by considering the aggravating circumstances in a death penalty case dispositive without balancing them against the aggregate mitigating circumstances.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Indiana Supreme Court contravened Strickland by acknowledging counsel made mistakes, but not finding them to be deficient performance even though they were clustered in counsel's penalty phase representation
Docket Entries
2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-05-16
Brief of respondent State of Indiana in opposition filed.
2019-04-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 16, 2019)
Attorneys
Jeffrey Weisheit
John Arthur Pinnow — State Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Indiana
Thomas M. Fisher — Respondent