270 F. Supp. 353 - Bryant v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
1 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Von Moltke v. Gillies · Jones v. Cunningham · Fields v. Peyton · Twiford v. Peyton · Turner v. Maryland
Most-quoted passages
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“(W)hen the initial consultation between a court-appointed attorney and his client occurs only a short time before trial, ‘(n)ormally, in the absence of clear proof that no prejudice resulted, we should be obliged to treat the lawyer’s representation as inadequate and the trial as falling short of the standards of due process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Cox
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