McGarty v. O'Brien’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Darr v. Burford · Betts v. Brady · Ex Parte Hawk No - on Rule to Show Cause and Return · Salinger v. Loisel
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“It became inescapably clear at the hearing on this petition that it has been the custom and practice of Superior Court judges to allow a motion to employ medical experts in circumstances similar to those in the instant case. Search by counsel for petitioner and for the Commonwealth has failed to produce another instance in which such a motion has been denied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McGarty v. O'Brien
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