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Fifth Circuit· 1/12/2001

Sayre v. Anderson

Citations

  • 238 F.3d 631
  • 2001 WL 30613

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming the dismissal of a habeas petition where “there [was] no indication of where [the missing witnesses] would have said [the petitioner] was at the time of the offense”
  • “Complaints of uncalled witnesses are not favored in federal habeas corpus review because allegations of what a witness would have testified are largely speculative.”
  • where only evidence of a missing witness’s testimony is from the defendant, the Court views claims of ineffective assistance with great 8 caution
  • the defendant did not identify what favorable testimony uncalled witnesses would have provided
  • “When a state court declines to hear a prisoner’s federal claims because the prisoner failed to fulfill a state procedural requirement, federal habeas is generally barred if the state procedural rule is independent and adequate to support the judgment.”

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Judges: Garwood, Higginbotham, Stewart

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35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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