No. 25A846

Marion Alexander Lindsey v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2026-01-23
Status: Application
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: capital-sentencing due-process ineffective-assistance mitigating-evidence post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a court to consider the cumulative effect of mitigating evidence when assessing an ineffective assistance of counsel claim in a capital sentencing proceeding

Docket Entries

2026-01-27
Application (25A846) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 3, 2026.
2026-01-21
Application (25A846) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2026 to April 3, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Marion Alexander Lindsey
Paul Whitfield HughesMcDermott Will & Schulte LLP, Petitioner