residual-doubt
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-5891 | Kevin B. Burns v. Tony Mays, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2022-10-24 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (7)IFP | capital-punishment capital-sentencing felony-murder ineffective-assistance moral-culpability residual-doubt sentencing state-law strickland-v-washington | 1. Whether an ineffective assistance claim may be based on counsel's failure to exercise a state-law right to introduce residual doubt evidence at a c… |
| 20-7895 | David Scott Franks v. Benjamin Ford, Warden | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-04-30 | Denied | IFP | capital-case capital-sentencing eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance mitigating-evidence residual-doubt sentencing wiggins-standard wiggins-v-smith | Question One In Mr. Franks's case, the district court found that "the evidence …was so overwhelming that no competent lawyer could be expected to hav… |