No. 24-5347

Devin Allen Bennett v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2024-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: death-penalty eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance mitigation-evidence sixth-amendment strickland-standard
Latest Conference: 2024-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether trial counsel's failure to investigate, uncover, and present evidence of defendant's reduced moral culpability may be categorically discounted based on conjecture that a jury "might have" concluded the evidence was "double-edged," thereby foreclosing a conclusion that the defendant was prejudiced?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether trial counsel's failure to investigate, uncover, and present evidence of defendant's reduced moral culpability may be categorically discounted based on conjecture that a jury might have concluded the evidence was double-edged, thereby foreclosing a conclusion that the defendant was prejudiced?

Docket Entries

2024-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
2024-11-01
Reply of Devin Bennett submitted.
2024-11-01
2024-10-18
Brief of Mississippi in opposition submitted.
2024-10-18
2024-08-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 21, 2024.
2024-08-21
Motion of Mississippi for an extension of time submitted.
2024-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 19, 2024 to October 21, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2024)
2024-06-27
Application (23A1151) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 16, 2024.
2024-06-17
Application (23A1151) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 17, 2024 to September 15, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Devin Bennett
Krissy Casey NobileMS Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Petitioner
Mississippi
Parker Alan Proctor Jr.Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Respondent