No. 20-5961
Lemar Gant v. Brian Williams, Sr., et al.
Tags: 6th-amendment constitutional-duty criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prejudice state-court-review strickland-v-washington witness-investigation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2020-11-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Ninth Circuit erroneously concluded Gant could not establish ineffective assistance of counsel where counsel failed to conduct an independent investigation of a defense witness, which would have shown the witness was not being truthful, and that witness's untruthful testimony caused severe prejudice to Gant?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Ninth Circuit erroneously concluded Gant could not establish ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
Docket Entries
2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-14
Waiver of right of respondent Brian Williams, et al. to respond filed.
2020-10-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)
Attorneys
Brian Williams, et al.
Sheryl Serreze — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Lemar Gant