Carter v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis
1983
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Townsend v. Sain · Beck v. State of Ohio · Sumner v. Mata · Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he Supreme Court of Ohio reversed [the trial court's finding that defendant's plea was involuntary] even though it had not heard the testimony presented at the evidentiary hearing and had not had an opportunity to observe the demeanor of the witnesses and weigh the credibility of their testimony. The Ohio Supreme Court's decision to reverse was not based on a finding that the Ohio court of appeals had misapplied the law; rather, it was based on the Ohio Supreme Court’s own new version of the facts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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