Todd Building Co. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an inordinate delay in a state court’s adjudication of a defendant’s direct criminal appeal may give rise to a due process violation
• holding that a district court judge’s violation of § 455(b) for failure to recuse was harmless error that did not warrant vacatur
• holding that inordinate delay in adjudicating a state defendant’s direct criminal appeal could give rise to an independent due process violation and identifying factors to be considered
• holding that “delay in adjudicating a direct criminal appeal beyond two years from the filing of the notice of appeal gives rise to a presumption that the state appellate process is ineffective”
• concluding two-year delay in adjudicating direct criminal appeal gives rise to presumption of inordinate delay
• concluding that a two-year delay created a rebuttable presumption of excessive delay

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