Lee v. Norris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “We do not presume to say which court in the state system would be the appropriate forum, still less to hold that, if there is such a court, an evidentiary hearing should be held. We leave to petitioner’s present appointed counsel, in the first instance, to determine what form of action would be appropriate, and what relief should be requested. It will be for the state courts, of course, to decide the appropriate mode of proceedings, as well as what relief to grant, if any.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lee v. State

2. “The District Court noted that Mr. Lee’s “counsel may have been impaired to the point of unavailability on one or more days of the Rule 37 hearing.” The District Court was also troubled by counsel’s repeated requests for appointment of co-counsel and the trial court’s refusal to address counsel’s argument that he was not qualified to handle the case because of other obligations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lee v. State