Smith v. Cockrell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Rule 56 “applies only to the extent that it does not conflict with the habeas rules”
• holding the failure to investigate, develop, and present mitigating evidence is not ineffective per se
• holding even when a claim is unexhausted and procedurally defaulted, the federal courts may deny the claim on the merits
• applying Strickland to ineffective assistance claim involving penalty phase of capital murder trial
• holding unexhausted claims were procedurally -20- barred
• holding unexhausted claims were procedurally barred

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).