Buehl v. Vaughn

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that state court’s interpretation of its own statute is only unconstitutional if it is an “obvious subterfuge to evade consideration of a federal issue” or “plainly untenable”
• concluding that “[i]n view of the magnitude of the evidence that the Commonwealth presented,” the defendant could not show he was prejudiced by the absence of a limiting instruction
• concluding that “[i]n view of the magnitude of the evidence that the Commonwealth presented,” the defendant could not show he was prejudiced by the absence of a limiting instruction
• finding that defendant intentionally killed the victim is legally consistent with finding that he caused the victim’s death through recklessness
• finding that defendant intentionally killed the victim is legally consistent with finding that he caused the victim’s death through recklessness
• explaining that counsel is afforded reasonable selectivity in deciding which claims to raise without the specter of being labeled ineffective

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).