No. 21-7300

LeMaricus Davidson v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2022-03-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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
Deborah Yvonne DrewTennessee Office of the Post Conviction Defender, Petitioner
State of Tennessee
Andrew Craig CoulamState of Tennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent