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Seventh Circuit· 3/11/2014

Floyd Richardson v. Michael Lemke

Citations

  • 745 F.3d 258
  • 2014 WL 931112
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 4544

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that federal courts cannot review the merits of habeas claims that were not fairly presented to the state courts or that were resolved on independent and adequate state-law grounds
  • holding that a federal habeas claim is “procedurally defaulted through a petitioner’s initial failure to preserve it with an objection, even if the petitioner later does attempt to present it for review”
  • holding that a federal habeas claim is “procedurally defaulted through a petitioner’s initial failure to preserve it with an objection, even if the petitioner later does attempt to present it for review”
  • holding that a federal habeas claim is “procedurally defaulted through a petitioner’s initial failure to preserve it with an objection, even if the petitioner later does attempt to present it for review”
  • mandating that petitioners “raise the issue at each and every level in the state court system, including levels at which review is discretionary.”
  • “engaging in an evidentiary due process analysis. . .by asking whether the probative value of the evidence is greatly outweighed by the prejudice to the accused.”

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Judges: Wood, Bauer, Kanne

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