No. 25-5078

Lawrence J. Turner v. Wisconsin

Lower Court: Wisconsin
Docketed: 2025-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: counsel-performance direct-review ineffective-assistance issue-preservation legal-standard reasonableness-test
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, in assessing direct-review counsel's performance based upon the omission of a preserved issue, lower courts should either apply the clearly stronger test, which compares exclusively the relative strengths of presented and omitted issues, or apply a reasonableness test that incorporates factors such as counsel's experience, judgment, and motivations?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether, in assessing direct-review counsel's performance based upon the omission of a preserved issue, lower courts should either apply the clearly stronger test, which compares exclusively the relative strengths of presented and omitted issues, or apply a reasonableness test that incorporates factors such as counsel's experience, judgment, and motivations?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-08
Waiver of State of Wisconsin of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-08
Waiver of right of respondent State of Wisconsin to respond filed.
2025-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 11, 2025)

Attorneys

Lawrence Turner
Steven Howard Wright Jr.University of Wisconsin. Law School. Clinic., Petitioner
State of Wisconsin
Nicholas Schmidt DeSantisWisconsin Department of Justice, Respondent