Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does a brief written by the prosecution in a State habeas proceeding, and then rubber-stamped by State judges, qualify as a judgment entitled to deference under the AEDPA, 28 U.S.C. § 2254?
2. Did the Eleventh Circuit err when it denied a Certificate of Appealability on the rubber-stamping issue based on what it acknowledged was an improper standard of review?
3. Do the failures of defense counsel in a capital trial to perform any meaningful investigation, or to develop a defense case for reduced culpability or mitigation of sentence, satisfy this Court's tests for effective assistance of counsel as articulated in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984); Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362 (2000); Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510 (2003); Rompilla v. Beard, 545 U.S. 374 (2005); and Andrus v. Texas, 590 U.S. 806 (2020)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a brief written by the prosecution in a State habeas proceeding, and then rubber-stamped by State judges, qualify as a judgment entitled to deference under the AEDPA, 28 U.S.C. § 2254?
2025-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2025-04-08
Reply of Tony Barksdale submitted.
2025-04-08
Reply of petitioner Tony Barksdale filed. (Distributed)
2025-03-20
Brief of Steve T. Marshall in opposition submitted.
2025-03-20
Brief of respondent Steve T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. in opposition filed. (Distributed)
2025-03-20
Brief of respondent Steve T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. in opposition filed.
2025-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
2025-03-12
Application (24A796) referred to the Court.
2025-02-28
Application (24A796) refiled and submitted to Justice Jackson.
2025-02-20
Application (24A796) denied by Justice Thomas.
2025-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 20, 2025)
2025-02-13
Application (24A796) for a certificate of appealability, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2024-11-26
Application (24A513) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 14, 2025 to March 15, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2024-11-26
Application (24A513) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 13, 2025.