Commonwealth v. Ralston, J.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684, 95 S.Ct. 1881, 44 L.Ed.2d 508 (1975) applies retroactively
• noting that states may enforce the “normal and valid rule that failure to object to a jury instruction is a waiver of any claim of error”
• noting that states may enforce the \normal and valid rule that failure to object to a jury instruction is a waiver of any claim of error\
• holding Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684, 95 S.Ct. 1881, 44 L.Ed.2d 508 (1975) fully retroactive
• suggesting that States can insulate past convictions from burden-shifting allegations via contemporaneous objection rule
• noting that if state supreme court rules on merits of claim on which habeas corpus petitioner had procedurally defaulted, then federal court may rule on merits of claim as well

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