Cappiello v. Hoke

How courts have described this case

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

• noting such examples as bribing of trial judge, government's knowing use of perjured testimony, or use of torture to extract a guilty plea
• stating “an unconscionable breakdown in the state’s process must be one that calls into serious question whether a conviction is obtained pursuant to those fundamental notions of due process that are at the heart of a civilized society”
• “Naturally, petitioner’s procedural default of his claim . . . is prejudicial only if such claim is meritorious.”
• “[A]n unconscionable breakdown in the state’s process must be one that calls into serious question whether a conviction is obtained pursuant to those fundamental notions of due process that are at the heart of a civilized society.”
• \In short an unconscionable breakdown in the state's process must be one that calls into serious question whether a conviction is obtained pursuant to those fundamental notions of due process that are at the heart of a civilized society.\
• \In short an unconscionable breakdown in the state's process must be one that calls into serious question whether a conviction is obtained pursuant to those fundamental notions of due process that are at the heart of a civilized society.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).