Shaunna Lynn Shaw v. the State of Texas

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• holding that state court 16 adjudicates claim on the merits when it disposes of claim on 17 the merits and reduces its disposition to judgment, whether or 18 not state court made explicit reference to federal case law
• holding petitioner failed to establish prejudice from 13-year delay in adjudicating motion to withdraw guilty plea
• refusing to grant relief due to failure to show prejudice after a thirteen-year delay between conviction and appeal
• discussing prejudice in speedy appeal context after remand to district court to determine whether petitioner suffered any prejudice due to delay
• “There have been rare situations where the federal courts have been obliged to grant the writ because of excessive delay in state post-conviction proceedings.”
• absent actual prejudice thirteen-year delay was not a violation of due process

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