Engram v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 37 state decisions

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1. “Here, unlike the situations in Jackson and Porter, there has been no confusion about when filing deadlines occurred or about. whether counsel had been appointed. Engram and his Rule 37 attorney made a deliberate decision not to pursue | spostconviction relief. There is no provision in our law that provides for petitions for “post-postconviction relief,” i.e., a mechanism for filing an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel petition with respect to the counsel appointed to handle the Rule 37 petition. Engram’s state court remedies with respect to postconviction relief have been exhausted.”

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

2. “This is simply not a case like Robbins, where the alleged error was an error in this court’s own review of the case on appeal, and this court was asked to reopen the case to address its own error. Because Robbins was so strictly limited to its facts, this court made it clear that it would not expand the nature of cases in which it will recall a mandate it has already issued. Here, since it was Engram’s burden to do so, he should have obtained a ruling on his mental retardation issue from the trial court before his trial ever started.”

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

3. “the Robbins case hinged on the fact that an error was made during this court's review, and the recall of the mandate was intended to give this court an opportunity to address an issue it should have addressed before”

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