Simpson v. Matesanz

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defendant was “far from being able to claim actual innocence” in light of compelling evidence of his guilt
• holding that defendant was “far from being able to claim actual innocence” in light of compelling evidence of his guilt
• explaining that federal courts do not review state court decisions which “rest on independent and adequate state grounds” (internal citations omitted)
• suggesting that the “actual innocence” or “fundamental miscarriage of justice” exception is available to non-capital defendants
• questioning whether “the familiar Reed unavailability standard is still good law” after Bousley
• questioning whether “the familiar Reed unavailability standard is still good law” after Bousley

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).