Jesus Garcia Delgado v. Gail Lewis, Deputy Warden Attorney General of the State of California

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• finding that appellate counsel’s failure to raise meritorious claims on appeal prejudiced Delgado where “there were deficiencies in the trial court proceedings significant enough to warrant reversal”
• explaining that probable cause 27 certificate is state “prerequisite” to filing appeal from guilty plea
• noting that while filing a Wende brief after the defendant receives a certificate of probable cause is unusual, deficient performance stems from not briefing “very viable appellate issues”
• `Thus, we accordingly concluded that, in such circumstances, the state court decisions do \not warrant the deference we might usually apply\ . . . .'
• “Absent clear error, the deference we owe state decisions dictates a denial of habeas relief, even when we conclude that a legal error has occurred.”
• ‘Thus, we accord- ingly concluded that, in such circumstances, the state court decisions do “not warrant the deference we might usually apply” . . . .’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).