No. 22-7809

Brandy Bain Jennings v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mitigation-evidence postconviction-proceedings postconviction-relief sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit's analysis of ineffective assistance of counsel claims fails to protect the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process announced in Strickland v. Washington, when it denies relief based on the assertion that substantial postconviction mitigation would have undercut the minimal mitigation presented at trial, which the sentencing court deemed to be of minimal weight?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit's analysis of ineffective assistance of counsel claims fails to protect the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process announced in Strickland v. Washington

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-11
Brief of respondent Ricky D. Dixon Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections in opposition filed.
2023-06-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 17, 2023)
2023-05-03
Application (22A961) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 14, 2023.
2023-05-01
Application (22A961) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 15, 2023 to July 14, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Brandy Jennings
Paul Edward KalilCapital Collateral Regional Counsel - South, Petitioner
Secretary, Florida DOC
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent