Shanklin v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
May 1970
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Nichols v. Cohen · Snead v. Peyton
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * (we) will defer passing on petitioner’s allegations until he has given the state’s highest court a chance to consider his petition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Napier v. Virginia
How this case has been treated — in progress
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