No. 25A477

Amos Wells v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-27
Status: Application
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: death-penalty future-dangerousness genetic-evidence ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-standard
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether defense counsel's introduction of genetic predisposition evidence constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment when such evidence affirmatively supports the prosecution's case for the death penalty

Docket Entries

2025-10-28
Application (25A477) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 17, 2025.
2025-10-23
Application (25A477) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 17, 2025 to December 17, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Amos J. Wells III
Ginger D. AndersMunger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Petitioner