No. 22-5536
Mikal D. Mahdi v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.
IFP
Tags: capital-mitigation ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation-into-mitigating-evidence mental-health-background mitigating-evidence post-conviction-review sixth-amendment traumatic-background trial-investigation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference:
2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the state post-conviction court misapply this Court's Sixth Amendment precedent when it held that Mikal Mahdi's trial attorneys reasonably ended their investigation into mitigating evidence.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the state post-conviction court misapply this Court's Sixth Amendment precedent when it held that Mikal Mahdi's trial attorneys reasonably ended their investigation into mitigating evidence
Docket Entries
2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-11-23
Reply of petitioner Mikal Mahdi filed.
2022-11-10
Brief of respondents Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-09-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 10, 2022.
2022-09-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 11, 2022 to November 10, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 11, 2022)
2022-06-30
Application (22A2) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 5, 2022.
2022-06-27
Application (22A2) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 7, 2022 to September 5, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Bryan Stirling and Lydell Chestnut
Melody Jane Brown — South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Mikal Mahdi
E. Charles Grose Jr. — Grose Law Firm, Petitioner