No. 24A329

Robert Wharton v. Joseph Terra, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-04
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: capital-sentencing counsel-performance ineffective-assistance mitigating-evidence prison-behavior sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a capital defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel is violated when counsel fails to present mitigating evidence of good prison behavior during the sentencing phase of a capital trial

Docket Entries

2024-10-04
Application (24A329) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 18, 2024.
2024-10-02
Application (24A329) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 17, 2024 to December 16, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Robert Wharton
Stuart Brian LevFederal Defender Office for the EDPA, Petitioner