Teague v. Lane, No. 87-5259 (U.S. Supreme Court) (489 U.S. 288; 109 S.Ct. 1060) (February 22, 1989) (Justice O'Connor)
In this seminal case, a plurality held that, subject to two narrow exceptions, new court-made constitutional rules of criminal procedure will not be applicable to those habeas cases which have become final before the new rules are announced.
In this case the Supreme Court denied a petition by a black ...
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