Robert Simpson v. Deirdre Battaglia, Warden, 1

How courts have described this case

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

• state court’s decision must be “at least minimally consistent with facts and circumstances of the case.”
• “Simpson’s clemency bid had no discernable substantive effect because Governor Ryan commuted death sentences whether or not commutation was sought”
• “[McKaskle v. Wiggins, 465 U.S. 168, 183 (1984)] supports the conclusion that there is no right to standby counsel.”
• “The Faretta [v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (95 SCt 2525, 45 LE2d 562) (1975
• “[T]here is no Supreme Court precedent clearly establishing such a right.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).