Ford v. Hall

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that in evaluating the reasonableness of an investigation-into mitigating circumstances “a court must consider not only the quantum of evidence already known to counsel, but also whether the known evidence would lead a reasonable attorney to investigate further”
• holding that in evaluating the reasonableness of an investigation into mitigating circumstances “a court must consider not only the quantum of evidence already known to counsel, but also whether the known evidence would lead a reasonable attorney to investigate further”
• holding that in evaluating the reasonableness of an investigation into mitigating circumstances “a court must consider not only the quantum of evidence already known to counsel, but also whether the known evidence would lead a reasonable attorney to investigate further”
• emphasizing that a Giglio error “occurs when the undisclosed evidence demonstrates that the prosecution’s case included perjured testimony” (quotation marks omitted)
• setting forth the “knew[] or should have known” standard for “Giglio error, [which is] a species of Brady error”
• finding the question was ambiguous where the suspect had just been informed that the police believed he was responsible for the crime in question and the interrogating officer advised the suspect that he could call a lawyer

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).