United States Supreme Court
Parker v. Matthews, 11-845
In a habeas case, petition for a writ of certiorari and respondent's motion to proceed in forma pauperis are granted, and the Sixth Circuit's rulings are reversed where the court set aside two 29-year-old murder convictions based on the flimsiest of rationales and contravened the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) by: "using federal habeas corpus review as a vehicle to second-guess the reasonable decisions of state courts." Renico v. Lett, 559 U. S. ___, ___ (2010) (slip op., at 12).
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/11/2012
- Published 06/11/2012
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- United States Supreme Court