No. 24-517October Term 2024Decided Mar 31, 2025
Lance Shockley, Petitioner v. David Vandergriff, Warden
This case involves a habeas corpus petition where the petitioner argued his legal counsel was ineffective for failing to call witnesses during a mistrial hearing.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Mar 31, 2025
- What it's about
This case involves a habeas corpus petition where the petitioner argued his legal counsel was ineffective for failing to call witnesses during a mistrial hearing. The lower courts previously held that counsel's performance was not constitutionally deficient.
Question presented
1. Whether a state prisoner has the right to appeal the denial of his federal habeas petition if at least one circuit judge votes to grant appellate review. 2. Did the Court of Appeals err in denying petitioner’s application, over dissent, to appeal the denial of his Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claims?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit / Decision released Mar 31, 2025
- Area
Criminal Procedure
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- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
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