49 F. Supp. 2d 547 - Hence v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Townsend v. Sain · Barefoot v. Estelle · Coppedge v. United States · Gilliam v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“a prosecutor does not attempt to intimidate a defense witness by warning him or her ... of the consequences of testifying, where the prosecutor simply tells a witness that if he or she testifies falsely, such testimony would support a perjury indictment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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