Supreme Court· 5/3/1976

Francis v. Henderson

Citations

425 U.S. 536
96 S. Ct. 1708
48 L. Ed. 2d 149
1976 U.S. LEXIS 116

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holding that showing of actual prejudice necessary to overcome procedural 8 waiver arising from failure to object to structural error at trial
holding that showing of actual prejudice necessary to overcome procedural waiver arising from failure to object to structural error at trial
recognizing abstention in the context of the habeas corpus statute where \considerations of comity and concerns for the orderly administration of criminal justice require\
stating that the state court had held that the constitutional claim of the petitioner had been waived
requiring “not only a showing of ‘cause’ for the defendant’s failure to challenge the composition of the grand jury before trial, but also a showing of actual prejudice”
applying Davis to a state defendant who failed to make a timely challenge to the composition of the grand jury

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Judges: Blacicmun, Brennan, Burger, Powell, Stewart, White

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