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Edwards v. Carpenter, No. 98-2060 (U.S. Supreme Court) (529 U.S. 446; 120 S.Ct. 1587) (April 25, 2000) (Justice Scalia)

Here the Court held that when a petitioner asserts a claim of ineffective counsel for failing to assert a challenge to the sufficiency of evidence, but procedurally defaults on both claims, he must show cause and prejudice on both claims.

Here the Supreme Court faced another esoteric issue: how to ...

 

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