McFarland v. Scott, No. 93-6497 (U.S. Supreme Court) (512 U.S. 849; 114 S.Ct. 2568) (June 30, 1994) (Justice Blackmun)
In this case the Supreme Court considered two statutory provisions related to habeas cases: 21 U.S.C. § 848(q)(4)(B), which creates a statutory right to qualified legal representation for capital defendants in federal habeas proceedings, and 28 U.S.C. § 2251, which grants a federal judge before whom a habeas proceeding is ...
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