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Bytes & pieces part 2

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The final catching up post.  StandDown Texas Project, invariably, has all the news that isn’t here.  The email edition update will be out in a few hours. The Supreme Court in Bell v. Kelly, No.  07-1223, has granted cert on: “Whether 28 U.S.C 2254, the federal habeas provision governing claims adjudicated on the merits in state court, should be applied  to claims based on evidence of ineffective assistance of counsel the state court refused to consider. “ Opinion below. Petition for certiorari. Brief in opposition.Petitioner?s reply . DPIC notes that “the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Bell v. Kelly, No. 07-1223, where the petitioner challenged a lower court’s dismissal of his claim of ineffectiveness of counsel...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on May 18, 2008 (boomark / email).