Petition of the day

By Maureen Johnston
on May 6, 2014 at 10:11 pm

The petition of the day is:

Issue: Whether, contrary to Strickland v. Washington — which stated that a reviewing court must presume that the jury followed the law in rendering its verdict — a claim of Strickland prejudice can be predicated upon the possibility that the jury might not have followed the law in finding the defendant guilty of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt.