United States Supreme Court

Affirming the denial of a federal habeas petition filed by a death row inmate alleging ineffectiveness of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment because although the District Court assumed that counsel was deficient it deferred to the state habeas court's conclusion that these deficiencies did not result in prejudice and the Supreme Court agreed with the methodology employed.

Appellate Information

• Published 2018/04/17

Judges

• BREYER

Court

• United States Supreme Court

Counsel