Carruth v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “‘Woods’s conclusory allegations that he was denied effective assistance of appellate counsel are insufficient to raise a cognizable IAC [ineffective-assis-' tance-of-counsel] claim. For example, in paragraph 219 of his petition, Woods contends that ‘appellate counsel was ineffective in failing to raise a number of meritorious issues in Mr. Woods’s appellate brief that, if raised, would have required the reversal of Mr. Woods’s conviction and sentence.’ Woods follows this sentence with a lengthy list of as sorted issues, none of which is supported by specific facts. This assertion simply does not state a proper claim for relief. Instead, his ‘claim’ consists only of bare allegations and speculative, con-clusory statements. Further, the fact that Woods incorporates by reference other claims set forth in this petition does not render his IAC claims sufficiently pleaded. As noted above, incorporating by reference facts from one claim to another does not lower Rule 32’s pleading requirements. Here, even with the incorporation of facts from other claims in his petition, Woods has failed to plead specific facts sufficient to show that counsel’s performance was deficient or that, but for this allegedly deficient performance, the result in Woods’s case would have been different. “Woods’s claims of IAC on appeal do not contain legal argument and specific factual support sufficient for a court to determine, based on the face of the petition, whether he is entitled to' relief, assuming t”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Woods v. State

2. “To be sufficiently specific, a petition, at a minimum, should indicate the ultimate composition of the petit jury. Although Carruth did allege a number of facts in his petition, he still fell short of the specificity requirement in Rule 32.6(b), Ala. R. Crim. P., by failing to disclose the racial composition of the jury that was ultimately selected.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 239 So. 3d 603 - Sharifi v. State

3. “We can find no case where Alabama appellate courts have applied the cumulative-effect analysis to claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Riley v. State