No. 23-7509
Thomas J. Moore v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof capital-case criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct religious-arguments testimonial-evidence trial-counsel
Latest Conference:
2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
In a capital case where the petitioner has always maintained his innocence, where the petitioner testified in his own defense, and where the prosecution's case was primarily testimonial lacking inculpatory physical evidence, did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance by failing to object to inflammatory and impermissible argument by the prosecutor?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
Docket Entries
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-28
Reply of Thomas Moore submitted.
2024-08-28
Reply of petitioner Thomas Moore filed. (Distributed)
2024-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-14
Brief of respondent Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections in opposition filed.
2024-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 20, 2024)
Attorneys
Dixon, Sec., FL DOC
Thomas Moore
Leor Veleanu — Office of the Federal Defender, Petitioner