Murray v. Carrier, No. 84-1554 (U.S. Supreme Court) (477 U.S. 478; 106 S.Ct. 2639) (June 26, 1986) (Justice O'Connor)
The Court granted certiorari in this case to consider "whether a federal habeas petitioner can show cause for a procedural default by establishing that competent defense counsel inadvertently failed to raise the substantive claim of error rather than deliberately withholding it for tactical reasons." (Id., at 481-82).
The respondent in ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Punch and Jurists, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login