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Brandon Washington v. Alabama

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, No. CR-16-0510 · judgment April 20, 2018

Certiorari denied · February 25, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether, under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), a court assessing the prejudice resulting from trial counsel’s errors should consider each error in isolation or should consider the cumulative effect of the errors.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Eric J Weiss
Perkins Coie, LLP

For respondent
Jack William Willis
AL Attorney General's Office

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
18A332

Order
Order list, February 25, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 25 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
  3. Feb 01 2019
    Reply of petitioner Brandon Washington filed.
  4. Jan 18 2019
    Brief of respondent State of Alabama in opposition filed.
  5. Jan 02 2019
    Response Requested. (Due February 1, 2019)
  6. Dec 26 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
  7. Dec 13 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Alabama to respond filed.
  8. Dec 10 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 10, 2019)
  9. Sep 28 2018
    Application (18A332) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 10, 2018.
  10. Sep 27 2018
    Application (18A332) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 11, 2018 to December 10, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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