Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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22-5891 | 6th Cir. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2022 |
Issues: (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 capital sentencing; (2) whether counsel provides ineffective assistance at capital sentencing if they fail to establish the defendant’s lesser moral culpability by demonstrating that he did not kill a victim, even if the lesser culpability proof fails to negate all aggravating (eligibility) factors; and (3) whether it constitutes deficient performance under Strickland v. Washington if trial counsel postpones their preparations for sentencing until a brief post-guilt phase recess; and if deficient, whether counsel’s performance can be excused, if omitted mitigation evidence fails to explain why the defendant committed the offense.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Aug 08 2022 | Application (22A117) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 22, 2022 to October 21, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. |
Aug 15 2022 | Application (22A117) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 21, 2022. |
Oct 20 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 23, 2022) |
Nov 23 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Lay and Ordained Ministers filed. |
Nov 23 2022 | Brief of respondent Tony Mays, Warden in opposition filed. |
Dec 08 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023. |
Dec 08 2022 | Reply of petitioner Kevin B. Burns filed. (Distributed) |
Dec 14 2022 | Record Requested. |
Dec 14 2022 | All records from the U.S.C.A.-6th Circuit are available on PACER. |
Feb 22 2023 | The record from the U.S.D.C.-Western District of Tennessee is available on PACER. Docket Entry 35 was transmitted electronically. |
Feb 23 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023. |
Mar 20 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023. |
Mar 27 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023. |
Apr 10 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023. |
Apr 17 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023. |
Apr 24 2023 | Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |
May 18 2023 | Petition for Rehearing filed. |
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