· 6/1/2012
Kareem Jackson v. Margaret Bradshaw
Citations
- 681 F.3d 753
- 2012 WL 1958887
- 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 11032
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- denying habeas relief where the petitioner contended that eyewitness identifications were “essential” to the prosecution’s case
- “Courts generally entrust cross-examination techniques, like other matters of trial strategy, to the professional discretion of counsel.”
- counsel did not perform deficiently by failing to press witness on her possible bias particularly when the effect of further probing was speculative
- eyewitness identification “was not the entire basis of the prosecution's case against Petitioner”
- no prejudice when post-conviction proceedings don’t turn up new expert findings
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Merritt, Martin, Clay
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