No. 25-1176October Term 2025Before Arguments
Marion Alexander Lindsey, Petitioner v. South Carolina
from the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Question presented
1. Whether courts evaluating ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims may evaluate only each error in isolation—or whether they are obligated to consider the prejudice resulting from the cumulative effect of counsel’s deficiencies. 2. Whether a trial court’s wholesale adoption in a capital case of the State’s proposed order without providing any judicial guidance or substantive change violates the Due Process Clause or Eighth Amendment.
- Case path
Supreme Court of South Carolina / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology