No. 22-146

Tracy Smith v. Georgia

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2022-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment trial-counsel
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether it is a violation of the Sixth Amendment for trial counsel to fail to object to a jury instruction that sanctioned a non-unanimous verdict.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether it is a violation of the Sixth Amendment for trial counsel to fail to object to a jury instruction that sanctioned a non-unanimous verdict

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
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2022-08-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2022)
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Attorneys

Georgia
Stephen John Petrany — Georgia Department of Law, Respondent
Tracy Smith
Benjamin A. Davis — Petitioner