Rudd v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• reiterating that “an attack on the state habeas proceeding is an attack on a proceeding collateral to the detention and not the detention itself.”
• reiterating that “an attack on the state habeas proceeding is an attack on a proceeding collateral to the detention and not the detention itself.”
• reiterating that “an attack on the state habeas proceeding is an attack on a proceeding collateral to the detention and not the detention itself.”
• stating that claims based on “infirmities in state habeas proceedings” are not cognizable on federal habeas review “because an attack on the state habeas proceeding is an attack on a proceeding collateral to the detention and not the detention itself”
• finding Texas sentencing scheme, where life without parole is not the alternative to a death sentence, not to fall within the scope of Simmons
• rejecting claim of denial of due process based on lack of access to State’s case file during state habeas proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).