The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in an Arizona death penalty case that could redefine the precedent for establishing ...
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 ...
The US Supreme Court wrestled with whether a new hearing is required for an Arizona man on death row who’s been before the ...
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. ...
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case brought by the state of Arizona against an incarcerated man on death row that could redefine the precedent used to determine ...
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 ...
Lady Garth contends her First and 14th Constitutional Amendment rights were violated after she was arrested and convicted of ...
WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Two Supreme Court justices on opposite ... Then he began a series of appeals, claiming ineffective counsel, trial errors, limited mental capacity and a dysfunctional childhood.
Jennifer Rosenbaum and her husband Joseph were convicted in the death of their foster child, Laila Daniel, in 2019.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments centering on an Arizona death row prisoner that could set new precedent for determining ineffective assistance of counsel. A Mohave County ...
Attorneys for a man on death row and more than a dozen impartial advisors are asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider ...