Baty v. Balkcom’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Holloway v. Arkansas · Michel v. United States · McClain v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“This language strikes a compromise between the often impossible task of showing actual prejudice from a conflict, and the rather lenient requirement that only a bare conflict need be shown. A constitutional defect will exist only when it can be demonstrated that a conflict actually affected counsel’s behavior in a way detrimental to his client.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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