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Fifth Circuit· 7/9/2003

Anderson v. Johnson

Citations

  • 338 F.3d 382
  • 2003 WL 21540642

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that federalism guarantees the States “an initial opportunity to pass upon and correct alleged violations of its prisoners’ federal rights.” (cleaned up)
  • finding prejudice when counsel failed to interview an eyewitness who would testify that the defendant was not the perpetrator
  • finding deficient performance and an unreasonable application of clearly established law where counsel relied on discovery and did not interview witnesses
  • holding although a habeas petitioner will be allowed to present “bits of evidence” to a federal court that were not presented to the state court, new evidence that places claims in a significantly different legal posture must first be presented to the state courts
  • stating that counsel had not made a “strategic choice against pursuing a certain line of investigation when [he] has not yet obtained the facts on which such a decision could be made” (quoting United States v. Gray, 878 F.2d 702, 711 (3d Cir. 1989))
  • finding petitioner’s claims exhausted even though federal application included additional factual support rendering his claims “unquestionably in a comparatively ‘stronger evi-dentiary posture’ than they were in state court”

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Judges: Wiener, Benavides, Dennis

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Cites

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