Bill J. Benefiel v. Cecil Davis

How courts have described this case

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

• suggesting that subsection (e)(1) applies only to habeas claims premised on subsection (d)(2)
• deferring to trial judge’s assessment that petitioner was competent despite lone expert testimony in petitioner’s favor
• deferring to trial judge’s assessment that petitioner was competent despite lone expert testimony in petitioner’s favor
• requires establishing a “reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different”
• ineffective assistance of counsel claim requires establishing a “reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).