Shoop v. Twyford
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 21, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 21, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2021 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus SHOOP, WARDEN v. TWYFORD CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 21–511. Argued April 26, 2022—Decided June 21, 2022 Respondent Raymond Twyford was convicted by an Ohio jury of aggra- vated murder and other charges and was sentenced to death. The Ohio appellate courts affirmed his conviction and sentence. Twyford then sought state postconviction relief, claiming that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to present evidence of a head injury Twyford sus- tained as a teenager. The Ohio courts rejected his claim, concluding that trial counsel had simply presented a competing psychological the- ory for Twyford’s actions. Twyford then filed a petition for federal ha- beas relief. The District Court dismissed most of Twyford’s claims as procedurally defaulted but allowed a few to proceed. He then moved for an order compelling the State to transport him to a medical facility, arguing that…
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