Alfred Eugene Grizzell v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Corrections

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• where state court did not enforce procedural default even as an alternative ground of decision, federal court must also address merits
• jury is presumed to follow judge’s instructions as to evidence it may consider
• where substantial evidence placed the defendant at the scene of the crime, but his own testimony exonerated him from the crime itself, the erroneous admission of misdemeanor convictions to impeach his credibility was not harmless
• where substantial evidence placed the defendant at the scene of the crime, but his own testimony exonerated him from the crime itself, the erroneous admission of misdemeanor convictions to impeach his credibility was not harmless

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