Pursell v. Horn

How courts have described this case

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

• holding in a death penalty case that “the due process clause does not require counsel for state post-conviction proceedings, whether state law requires such counsel or not.”
• according deference to PCRA court’s factual findings where state appellate court found PCRA court lacked jurisdiction
• stating defendant must “prove the informant affirmatively [sought] to induce [incriminating statements]”
• stating there was “nothing in the record to establish deliberate elicitation”
• “the due process clause does not require counsel for state post-conviction proceedings, whether state law requires such counsel or not.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).