Sleeper v. Spencer

How courts have described this case

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• holding that ruling on a state habeas petition requires deference to the state court's fact- finding, which includes witness credibility
• noting that this standard “is at least as protective of defendants” as the federal constitutional rule
• acknowledging the single-juror standard in a non-capital case on habeas review
• if resolved under standard more favorable than federal standard, federal court will presume federal adjudication is subsumed
• “The Supreme Court has not identified the circumstances under which an ineffective assistance of counsel claim may be premised on a broken promise in an opening statement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).