Frank R. Nickerson v. T.A. Lee Attorney General of North Carolina

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, “[i]n order to obtain an evidentiary hearing . . . a habeas petitioner must come forward with some evidence that the claim might have merit,” and that “[u]nsupported, conclusory allegations do not entitle a habeas petition to an evidentiary hearing”
• holding that, “[i]n order to obtain an evidentiary hearing . . ., a habeas petitioner must come forward with some evidence that the claim might have merit,” and that “[u]nsupported, conclusory allegations do not entitle a habeas petition to an evidentiary hearing”
• habeas petitioner must come forward with some evidence claim might have merit; unsupported, conclusory allegations are insufficient
• “To obtain a hearing or any form of relief, a habeas petitioner must come forward with some evidence that the claim might have merit.”
• Ordinarily “instructions to the jury in state trials are matters of state law and procedure not involving federal constitutional issues,’ ...and are therefore not reviewable in federal habeas proceedings.”’’
• conclusory state- ment that discrimination occurred in selecting the jury was not enough

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).