Pena-Martinez v. Duncan’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Sellan v. Kuhlman · George Lindstadt v. John P. Keane, Superintendent · Chang v. United States · Kenneth G. Pavel v. Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of New York State
Most-quoted passages
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“[a]lthough a decision not to call particular witnesses is typically a question of trial strategy, an unexplained failure to call credible alibi witnesses cannot be considered reasonable trial strategy”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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