No. 25-6846

Tony Terrell Clark v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2026-02-18
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: batson-challenge capital-punishment due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel peremptory-strikes strickland-prejudice
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. whether a post-conviction petitioner must prove a successful Batson challenge would change the outcome of the trial to show Strickland prejudice.

2. whether the Mississippi Supreme Court violated due process by holding trial counsel waived Clark's Batson rebuttal arguments, rendering him ineffective, but then refused to review Clark's ineffective assistance claim on post-conviction.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a post-conviction petitioner must prove a successful Batson challenge would change the trial outcome to establish Strickland prejudice, and whether the Mississippi Supreme Court violated due process by finding trial counsel waived Batson rebuttal arguments while refusing to review the resulting ineffective assistance claim on post-conviction

Docket Entries

2026-01-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 20, 2026)
2025-12-18
Application (25A718) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 30, 2026.
2025-12-16
Application (25A718) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 31, 2025 to January 30, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Tony Clark
Sarah Beth WindhamMS Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Petitioner