No. 22-5091
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: all-or-nothing-strategy criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-consultation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-strategy lesser-included-offenses performance-deficiency strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy
Latest Conference:
2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is the decision not to tender available lesser included offense instructions in order to instead pursue an "all or nothing " strategy an "important decision " under Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668 (1984) , such that trial counsel's decision to pursue an " all or nothing " strategy without consulting with the defendant amount s to deficient performance under Strickland ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is the decision not to tender available lesser included offense instructions an 'important decision' under Strickland v. Washington?
Docket Entries
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-12
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2022-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 12, 2022)
2022-05-03
Application (21A664) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until July 7, 2022.
2022-04-27
Application (21A664) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 8, 2022 to July 7, 2022, submitted to Justice Barrett.
Attorneys
Indiana
Aaron Thomas Craft — Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent
Tyre Bradbury
John Alan Kindley — Petitioner