Scott M. Smith v. State of Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections

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• holding ap- pellate counsel is constitutionally required to provide closing duties to a de- fendant, including notifying the defendant of the outcome of the appeal
• explaining that AEDPA’s one-year statute of limitations is not jurisdictional and that the court may proceed to the merits of the petition “in the interest of judicial economy.”
• declining to address statute-of-limitations defense on appeal in part because AEDPA's statute of limitations is not jurisdictional
• declining to address statute-of-limitations defense on appeal in part because AEDPA’s statute of limitations is not jurisdictional
• “We may affirm on any grounds supported by the record, even though they may be different from the grounds relied on by the district court.”
• the Ohio Supreme Court’s denial of a motion for delayed appeal, even when it did not give any reasons for the denial, “is an adequate procedural ground to foreclose federal habeas review”

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