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McWilliams v. Dunn, No. 16-5294 (U.S. Supreme Court) (582 U.S. ___; 137 S.Ct. 1790) (June 19, 2017) (Justice Breyer)

Loaded on July 10, 2017 published in Punch and Jurists July 10, 2017
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Post Ake v. Oklahoma.

In 1985, James McWilliams was convicted in an Alabama state court of the brutal rape and murder of a convenience store clerk; and he was sentenced to death. After exhausting all of his state appeals, he sought Federal habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ยง 2254(d), on the grounds that ...

 

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