No. 24A362
Tags: capital-murder ineffective-assistance mitigation-witness religious-testimony strickland-standard trial-strategy
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a criminal defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim can be established when trial counsel strategically chose not to object to potentially prejudicial testimony to preserve a key mitigation witness's broader narrative
Docket Entries
2024-10-21
Application (24A362) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until November 22, 2024.
2024-10-11
Application (24A362) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 23, 2024 to December 22, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
Attorneys
State of Utah
Stanford Edward Purser — Utah Attorney General's Office, Petitioner