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Magwood v. Patterson, No. 09-158 (U.S. Supreme Court) (561 U.S. 320; 130 S.Ct. 2788) (June 24, 2010) (Justice Thomas)

In another decision involving the still controversial Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), a divided Court held that, when a criminal defendant succeeds in having his original sentence overturned, a later habeas petition challenging his new sentence should be treated as a first petition (not as a ...

 

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