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· 10/3/1990

Arlester E. Scott v. Jim Jones and William L. Webster

Citations

  • 915 F.2d 1188
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 17478
  • 1990 WL 143207

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding “cumulative error does not call for habeas relief, as each habeas claim must stand or fall on its own” (citation omitted)
  • rejecting cumulative error as a basis for habeas relief for ineffective assistance claims because \each habeas claim must stand or fall on its own.\
  • `cumulative error does not call for habeas relief, as each habeas claim must stand or fall on its own'
  • “cumulative error does not call for habeas relief, as each habeas claim must stand or fall on its own”
  • “[S]tate law questions are not very often the basis of constitutional error under habeas review.”
  • “The question of whether or not a chain of custody has been shown is one of state law”

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Judges: Arnold, Wollman, Gibson

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