No. 25A378

Charles Ray Crawford v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: N/A
Status: Denied
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: capital-punishment defense-strategy ineffective-assistance retroactivity right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether McCoy v. Louisiana established a new constitutional rule or merely applied existing Sixth Amendment principles for determining when counsel's admission of guilt violates a defendant's right to counsel

Docket Entries

2025-10-15
Application (25A378) referred to the Court.
2025-10-15
Application (25A378) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson dissent. (Detached Opinion)
2025-10-01
Application (25A378) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Charles Ray Crawford
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Petitioner
Mississippi
LaDonna Curtis HollandMississippi Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Brad Alan SmithThe Office of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent