Cortez Scott v. Frank Elo, Warden

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a habeas petitioner had failed to show prejudice from a gap in the transcript of closing argument in part because “the prosecutor could not recall any objections during closing arguments, and defense trial counsel did not dispute the prosecutor’s account”
• finding that the petitioner’s claim was procedurally defaulted because, even if “cause” were established, the petitioner could not demonstrate actual prejudice
• explaining that the Supreme Court decision in Mayer v. City of Chicago, 404 U.S. 189, 198 (1971
• finding that Michigan habeas petitioner convicted of first-degree murder was not entitled to relief based upon the trial court’s failure to instruct on the lesser offense of involuntary manslaughter
• denying habeas relief and concluding that even if prosecutor committed misconduct during closing argument, it was not an error that “jury instructions could not cure.”
• “The Supreme Court has not held that constitutional claims that would not individually support habeas relief may be cumulated in order to support relief.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).