Laird v. Horn

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 because “the trial court’s use of the word ‘restrain’ as opposed to ‘hesitate’ did not impermissibly lower the government’s burden of proof’
• “[Appellant] and trial counsel decided to present an innocence defense during the guilt phase as opposed to, for example, a diminished capacity defense that might require evidence of [Appellant’s mental and emotional health.”
• approving charge on habeas review in capital case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).