Fred Tweety, Jr. v. J. P. Mitchell, Warden’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “[We] are not prepared to presume that the Court dismissed Tweety’s petition on the merits simply because the court failed to state the grounds for its decision, [footnote omitted] and we agree with the district court that the Virginia Supreme Court probably dismissed Tweety’s state habeas petition for failure to make a contemporaneous objection.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 584 F. Supp. 807 - Briley v. Bass · 584 F. Supp. 302 - Hargrave v. Landon

2. ““In this case, the Virginia Supreme Court failed to state the basis for its dismissal of Tweety’s habeas petition ... thus we are left to speculate whether the Virginia Supreme Court dismissed the case on State procedural grounds which would preclude federal habeas corpus review under Wainwright v. Sykes, supra, or whether the Court dismissed the opinion upon consideration of the merits in which case a review of the merits by this Court will be appropriate.” [fn. omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Griffin v. Commonwealth of Virginia

3. ““[W]e are not prepared to presume that the Court dismissed Tweety’s petition on the merits simply because the Court failed to state the grounds for its decision and we agree with the district court that the Virginia Supreme Court probably dismissed Tweety’s State habeas peti tion for failure to make a contemporaneous objection.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Griffin v. Commonwealth of Virginia