No. 24A956
Mikal Mahdi v. Bryan Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections
Tags: capital-punishment childhood-trauma ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence sixth-amendment strickland-standard
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Question Presented (from Petition)
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires capital trial counsel to investigate and present available mitigating evidence regarding a defendant's childhood trauma and prior confinement history, and whether the failure to do so constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington and Wiggins v. Smith
Docket Entries
2025-04-11
Application (24A956) referred to the Court.
2025-04-11
Application (24A956) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-04-07
Application (24A956) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Mikal Mahdi