Colleen Mary Rohan, Ex Rel. Oscar Gates v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden

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• commenting that only the habeas petitioner's \private knowledge\ could truly support his ineffective assistance claim because of his \unique position to testify about the extent of his trial counsel's efforts\
• commenting that only the habeas petitioner’s “private knowledge” could truly support his ineffective assistance claim because of his “unique position to testify about the extent of his trial counsel’s efforts”
• explaining a right to competency in federal habeas proceedings, and noting the prejudice that may ensue from allowing the critical initial habeas proceeding to pass without meaningful participation by the prisoner
• explaining a right to competency in federal habeas proceedings, and noting the prejudice that may ensue from allowing the critical initial habeas proceeding to pass without meaningful participation by the prisoner
• noting the inability of incompetent prisoners to communicate with their attorneys, relay facts known only to themselves, or effectively waive rights
• considering prejudice arising from “[cjonducting an entire habeas proceeding while a petitioner is incompetent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).