Lapointe v. Illinois

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reviewing a state court’s “prejudice determination under AEDPA’s and Strickland’s doubly deferential standard of review”
• discussing standard for determining whether petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing in cases when § 2254(d) and § 2254(e)(2) do not apply
• finding no deficient performance arising from failure to object 16 to correct jury instruction
• “Generally speaking, federal habeas review ‘is “limited to the record that was before the state court that adjudicated the claim on the merits.”’ [Citation omitted.]”.
• “Generally speaking, federal habeas review ‘is “limited to the record that was before the state court that adjudicated the claim on the merits.”’ [Citation omitted].”
• “The petitioner bears the burden of showing a claim was not adjudicated on the merits in state court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).