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· 1/31/2003

Robie J. Drake v. L.A. Portuondo, Superintendent, Shawangunk Correctional Facility

Citations

  • 321 F.3d 338
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 1693
  • 2003 WL 209460

How courts have described this case

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  • disavowing Sanders v. Sullivan , 863 F.2d 218 (2d Cir. 1988), which \explicitly relied on Justice Douglas'[s] dissent in Durley v. Mayo \ because \AEDPA permits us to rely only on clearly established Supreme Court precedent\
  • Walter “was a charlatan, and . . . his testimony was, medically speaking, nonsense.”
  • “a state court’s conclusions of law are ... entitled to considerable deference under AEDPA”
  • “It is now apparent that Walter’s testimony concerning his qualifications was perjurious.”

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Judges: Jacobs, Pooler, Baer

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