Dawan v. Al Lockhart’s Empirical Analysis

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18 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “The state asserts ... that a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel must be presented to the state court as an independent claim before being used to establish cause for the procedural default. [Murray ] explains that this is a requirement of the exhaustion doctrine. [Citation omitted]. Here, no state remedies currently are available, and thus the exhaustion requirement is satisfied. [Citation omitted].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 864 F. Supp. 96 - Harris v. Norris

2. “This prejudiced Dawan by leaving him essentially unrepresented at the post-trial proceedings with respect to the conflict-of-interest question and denying him subsequent review of this issue. This ineffectiveness thus establishes the cause necessary to excuse Dawan’s failure to raise the underlying conflict-of-interest question on motion for new trial and appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robinson v. Norris