Jack E. Alderman v. Walter D. Zant

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, despite Lockett, court could exclude evidence at resentencing that lacked assurances of trustworthiness
• holding that, despite Lockett, court could exclude evidence at resentencing that lacked assurances of trustworthiness
• concluding the Giglio “rule states that there must be a full disclosure of any agreements” but “does not address nor require the disclosure of all factors which may motivate a witness to cooperate”
• noting that a state habeas petitioner who “attempts to raise [a claim] in a manner not permitted by state procedural rules is barred from pursuing the same claim in federal court absent a showing of cause for and actual prejudice from the default”
• noting that a state habeas petitioner who “attempts to raise [a claim] in a manner not permitted by state procedural rules is barred from pursuing the same claim in federal court absent a showing of cause for and actual prejudice from the default”
• “should a state court reach the merits of a claim notwithstanding a procedural default, the federal habeas court is not precluded from considering the merits of the claim”

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