No. 24A171

Mark Watkins v. New York

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2024-08-13
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: criminal-procedure cross-racial-identification due-process ineffective-assistance reasonable-probability strickland-standard
Key Terms:
DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), a single unreasonable error that raises a reasonable probability of a different outcome requires relief or, instead, whether a criminal defendant must also show that the single error was "clear cut and dispositive."

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a single unreasonable error by defense counsel constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington when it raises a reasonable probability of a different outcome, or whether additional 'clear cut and dispositive' requirements must be met

Docket Entries

2024-08-14
Application (24A171) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until September 20, 2024.
2024-08-09
Application (24A171) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 21, 2024 to September 20, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Mark Watkins
Matthew Joseph BovaCenter for Appellate Litigation, Petitioner