Pearson v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Coleman v. Thompson · Gerstein v. Pugh · Harris v. Reed · Granberry v. Greer
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he South Carolina Supreme Court has consistently vacated and remanded PCR court judgments that do not contain findings on issues presented to the PCR court....” (collecting South Carolina Supreme Court cases) (citations omitted)). Here, however, we find the PCR court should have granted Tappeiner relief on one of the very few issues it did make specific findings on — trial counsel’s failure to object during the State's closing argument. Thus, we find that a remand in this case is unnecessary. 6 . At best, during cross-examination, trial counsel had her read from her”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tappeiner v. State
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