140 F. Supp. 2d 677 - Jones v. Painter’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Estelle v. McGuire · United States v. Cronic · Blackledge v. Allison · Chapman v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he determination of the intent of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia is solely within the province of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and its subordinate courts, not with the federal courts. It is not the role of the judiciary to contradict the state courts on their law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A state court's interpretation of state recidivist laws is considered to be binding on a federal court reviewing the conviction on habeas corpus.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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