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Lawrence J. Turner v. Wisconsin

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District III, No. 2022AP469 · judgment November 5, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Question presented

Whether, in assessing direct-review counsel’s performance based upon the omission of a preserved issue, lower courts should either apply the clearlystronger test, which compares exclusively the relative strengths of presented and omitted issues, or apply a reasonableness test that incorporates factors such as counsel’s experience, judgment, and motivations?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Steven Howard Wright Jr.
University of Wisconsin. Law School. Clinic.

For respondent
Nicholas Schmidt DeSantis
Wisconsin Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 14 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Aug 08 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Wisconsin to respond filed.
  4. Jul 07 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 11, 2025)