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Argument preview: Case asking whether “prejudice” must be shown when a criminal lawyer’s mistake leads to a “structural” public-trial error could have vehicle problems

12 Apr 2017, 11:43 am by Rory Little

Still, the odd facts of Weaver v. [read post]

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Capital punishment- SCOTUS denies relief on lethal injection, & then finds ineffective counsel on race-based evidence

22 Feb 2017, 9:43 pm by Jon Katz

Buck applies Strickland v. [read post]

Underdog Blog - http://katzjustice.com/blog/

Relist Watch

7 Dec 2016, 11:20 am by John Elwood

Cronic prejudice standard applies (as every other state and federal court to consider the question has held), or whether the Strickland v. [read post]

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Relist Watch

2 Dec 2016, 8:19 am by John Elwood

” Our next featured relist wins this term’s Schmuck v. [read post]

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Once more unto the Relist Watch

24 Jun 2016, 10:18 am by John Elwood

Jennings v. [read post]

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Relist Watch

1 Apr 2016, 10:22 am by John Elwood

Thanks to Bryan U. [read post]

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The Greatest Relist Watch Ever

25 Mar 2016, 8:36 am by John Elwood

Caetano v. [read post]

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Relist Watch

11 Mar 2016, 10:02 am by John Elwood

Thanks to Bryan U. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

An NYT Hatchet Job on Ted Cruz and the Medellin Case

5 Mar 2016, 6:07 am by Kent Scheidegger

Strickland v. [read post]

Crime and Consequences - http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/

Relist Watch

29 Jan 2016, 1:49 pm by John Elwood

This week’s other new (apparent) relist, American Freedom Defense Initiative v. [read post]

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Relist Watch

22 Jan 2016, 8:12 am by John Elwood

Thanks to Brian U. [read post]

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Circuit Court grants habeas petition, finding trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel regarding the availability of safety valve reduction and noting that the District Court’s statements during the plea colloquy did not alleviate counsel’s error.

28 Oct 2014, 1:14 pm

United States v. [read post]

Third Circuit Blog - http://circuit3.blogspot.com/

Ineffective Assistance and Experts

24 Feb 2014, 8:14 am by Kent Scheidegger

Strickland, 466 U. [read post]

Crime and Consequences - http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/

Justice Scalia's Dissent in Windsor & Why Everyone Should Learn Indian Law

7 Feb 2014, 2:29 pm by Ann Tweedy

Windsor, 133 S. [read post]

The Faculty Lounge - http://www.thefacultylounge.org/

January 22 roundup

21 Jan 2014, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson

Reminder: federal panel finally mulling reform of ultra-costly pretrial discovery, now’s the time to send comments [Kyl/WSJ, earlier] Michigan woman convicted of false rape claim had sent man to prison for 10 years in earlier case [ABA Journal] Strickland, key figure in disastrous CPSIA law and then chief at NHTSA, lands at BigLaw’s Venable [AutoNews, Detroit News] A religious accommodation too far? [read post]

Overlawyered - http://overlawyered.com/

A plea agreement was made and entered into by the defendant

8 Aug 2013, 2:42 pm by Stephen Bilkis

Defendant cites the recent United States Supreme Court decision of Jose Padilla v Kentucky, 130 S. [read post]

New York Criminal Lawyer Blog - http://www.nycriminalattorneyblog.com/

The Right to Counsel of Choice

24 Oct 2012, 4:15 am by Gideon

S., at 159; Caplin & Drysdale, 491 U. [read post]

A Public Defender - http://publicdefender.typepad.com/public_defender_blog/

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: Odulene Dormescar v. U.S. Attorney General, No. 10-15822, and Anthony John Ponticelli v. Sec’y, Florida Dept. of Corrections, No. 11-1966

19 Aug 2012, 7:01 pm by appealattorneylaw

Markus v. [read post]