No. 21-7300
LeMaricus Davidson v. Tennessee
IFP
Tags: actual-prejudice death-penalty fair-trial fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection post-conviction prejudice-presumption structural-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment Privacy
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment Privacy
Latest Conference:
2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
Should prejudice in an ineffective assistance of counsel case be presumed where the deficient performance of counsel resulted in a structural error compromising the fundamental fairness of the preceding, especially where proof of actual prejudice is virtually impossible?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should prejudice in an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel case be presumed where the deficient performance of counsel resulted in a structural-error compromising the fundamental-fairness of the proceeding, especially where proof of actual-prejudice is virtually-impossible?
Docket Entries
2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-14
Reply of petitioner LeMaricus Davidson filed.
2022-04-05
Brief of respondent Tennessee in opposition filed.
2022-03-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2022)
Attorneys
LeMaricus Davidson
State of Tennessee