Supreme Court hears Arizona death row case arguments. A ruling could redefine future appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in an Arizona death penalty case that could redefine the precedent for establishing ...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Arizona death penalty case that could redefine historic precedent
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case brought by the state of Arizona against an incarcerated man ...
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Right-to-Counsel Clause
As for the standard of representation, the Supreme Court in Strickland v. Washington (1984) adopted a two-step test for ineffective assistance of counsel claims. To set aside a plea, verdict ...
High Court Weighs New Sentence for Arizona Death Row Inmate (1)
The US Supreme Court wrestled with whether a new hearing is required for an Arizona man on death row who’s been before the ...
OK Attorney General files brief with Supreme Court asking to halt Glossip execution
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed court papers with the U.S. Supreme Court detailing why the execution of ...
‘Constitutional violations cannot be the final word’: Oklahoma admits death row inmate was falsely tried in Supreme Court brief, says prosecutor knowingly ‘elicited f…
"The State not only withheld evidence of its star witness’s mental illness and perjury, but knowingly elicited false ...
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Sotomayor slams refusal to take up ineffective counsel case
The Florida Supreme Court declined to hear the case in February 2021. Sotomayor concluded the Florida courts “failed to protect that core constitutional guarantee” of effective assistance of counsel. ...
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A man on death row wants the MS Supreme Court to reconsider an earlier ruling. Here's why
In the Supreme Court's January decision, it overturned a precedent set in 2013 in another death row case in which a man was denied relief, also for ineffective assistance of counsel in post ...
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Okla. AG Drummond files brief with U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt execution of death row inmate
The brief calls the decision made by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) in April 2023 to uphold Glossip’s ...
Oklahoma AG files brief with SCOTUS to halt Richard Glossip's execution, remand case to district court
He pointed to the "remarkable and remarkably flawed decision” by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals last year to uphold ...
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Iowa Appellate Court Denies Convicted Child Sex Abuser’s Post-Conviction Relief Request
The Iowa Court of Appeals has denied a request for post-conviction relief from a Carroll man sentenced to up to 25 years in ...
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Oklahoma AG Files Brief With U.S. Supreme Court To Halt Glossip's Execution
Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a brief on Tuesday with the U.S. Supreme Court, explaining why the execution of death ...