capital-defense
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-6891 | Ronald Knight v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-01-14 | Denied | IFP | capital-defense capital-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health mental-health-evidence mitigation-investigation postconviction-relief prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington | 1. Whether trial counsel has an obligation to conduct a comprehensive mitigation investigation when clear red flags suggest compelling mitigation, inc… |
| 18-8057 | Duane Allen Short v. Ohio | Ohio | 2019-02-21 | Denied | IFP | capital-defense capital-punishment death-penalty death-row effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation mitigation-evidence plea-bargaining sixth-amendment | 1. Is a capital defendant's Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel violated where, but for counsel's intervention and unfounded … |