Walker v. Mississippi

Petition for certiorari denied on June 28, 2021

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20-1306	Miss.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2020

Issue: (1) Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court failed to adhere to the Supreme Court"s Sixth Amendment jurisprudence requiring counsel in a capital case to conduct a thorough investigation of their client"s background and history, and that purported "tactical" decisions are only reasonable to the extent they are based on such an investigation; and (2) whether Alan Walker was denied the effective assistance of counsel in the preparation and presentation of mitigation at his capital trial.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/08/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 19, 2021)
04/05/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 19, 2021 to May 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
04/06/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 19, 2021.
05/19/2021	Brief of respondent Mississippi in opposition filed.
06/08/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
06/28/2021	Petition DENIED.