wiggins-standard
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6038 | Robert Wharton v. Joseph Terra, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix | Third Circuit | 2024-11-26 | Denied | Amici (1)IFP | capital-case harmless-error juror-prejudice mitigation-evidence strickland-prejudice wiggins-standard | 1. How should the "one juror" standard of prejudice set forth in Wiggins v. Smith be applied where the mitigation that counsel failed to investigate w… |
| 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… |