Burdine v. Johnson, No. 99-21034 (5th Cir.) (262 F.3d 336) (August 13, 2001) (Judge Fortunato P. Benavides)
Loaded on July 1, 2001
published in Punch and Jurists
July 16, 2001
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Strickland Standard.
Ah, the sweet smell of justice in Texas! In this case, a divided en banc court reversed a highly criticized ruling by a three-judge panel last year which reversed a district court’s order which granted a Texas death row inmate a new trial because his counsel had slept through parts ...
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- U.S. v. Moss, No. 99-3169 (8th Cir.) (252 F.3d 993) (June 11, 2001) (Judge David R. Hansen)
- U.S. v. Buckland, No. 99-30285 (9th Cir.) (259 F.3d 1157) (August 9, 2001) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima)
- U.S. v. Campbell, No. 99-4539 (4th Cir.) (259 F.3d 293) (August 1, 2001) (Judge Diana Gribbon Motz)
- U.S. v. Arlt, No. 97-50588 (9th Cir.) (252 F.3d 1032) (May 31, 2001) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt)
- U.S. v. Goode, No. 00-CV-74400-DT (E.D.Mich.) (143 F.3d 817) (January 23, 2001) (Judge Patrick J. Duggan)
- U.S. v. Shore, No. 00-CR-10196 (D.Mass.) (143 F.Supp.2d 74) (April 11, 2001) (Judge Nancy Gertner)
- Monsanto v. U.S., No. 97 Civ. 4700 RJW (S.D.N.Y.) (143 F.Supp.2d 273) (April 30, 2001) (Judge Robert J. Ward)
- U.S. v. Garcia, No. 99-2202 (6th Cir.) (252 F.3d 838) (June 7, 2001) (Judge Alice M. Batchelder)
- Burdine v. Johnson, No. 99-21034 (5th Cir.) (262 F.3d 336) (August 13, 2001) (Judge Fortunato P. Benavides)
- U.S. v. Lin, No. Crim. 00-170 (E.D.Ky.) (143 F.Supp.2d 783) (April 16, 2001) (Judge Karl S. Forester)
- U.S. v. Bautista, No. 00-3227 (7th Cir.) (258 F.3d 602) (July 12, 2001) (Judge Ann Claire Williams)
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