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Mark Douglas Robison v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, No. 14-18-00027-CR, 14-18-00028-CR, 14-18-00029-CR · judgment January 29, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

In considering whether a criminal-defense attorney’s deficient performance was prejudicial under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), is all that matters whether the deficient performance affected the trial’s outcome? Or does it matter if it rendered the trial fundamentally unfair?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gary Alan Udashen
Udashen Anton

For respondent
Clinton A. Morgan
Harris County District Attorney's Office

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 28 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Aug 21 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Texas to respond filed.
  4. Aug 06 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 9, 2019)