Supreme Court· 4/16/1991

McCleskey v. Zant

Citations

499 U.S. 467
111 S. Ct. 1454
113 L. Ed. 2d 517
1991 U.S. LEXIS 2218
59 U.S.L.W. 4288
91 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2680
91 Daily Journal DAR 4340

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concluding that prejudice need not be considered where there is no cause for procedural default
recognizing “the principle that petitioner must conduct a reasonable and diligent investigation aimed at including all relevant claims and grounds for relief in the first federal habeas petition”
recognizing the “State’s interest in the finality of its criminal judgments”
recognizing the \State's interest in the finality of its criminal judgments\
rejecting “miscarriage of justice” claim because petitioner failed to demonstrate that alleged violation caused conviction of innocent per son
replacing “deliberate bypass” standard for successive habeas petitioners with stricter “cause and prejudice” standard

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Judges: Kennedy, Rehnquist, White, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens

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