Supreme Court· 1/12/1988
Yates v. Aiken
Citations
- 484 U.S. 211
- 108 S. Ct. 534
- 98 L. Ed. 2d 546
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 306
- 56 U.S.L.W. 4065
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that decision in Francis v. Franklin, 471 U.S. 307, 105 S.Ct. 1965, 85 L.Ed.2d 344 (1985
- holding that decision in Francis v. Franklin, 471 U.S. 307, 105 S.Ct. 1965, 85 L.Ed.2d 344 (1985
- explaining that Francis v. Franklin, 471 U.S. 307, 105 S.Ct. 1965, 85 L.Ed.2d 344 (1985), merely applied the constitutional rule that governed the Court’s decision in Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510, 99 S.Ct. 2450, 61 L.Ed.2d 39 (1979
- explaining that Francis v. Franklin, 471 U.S. 307 (1985
- when a State has not “placed any limit on the issues that it will entertain in collateral proceedings . . . it has a duty to grant the relief that federal law requires”
- noting \the important distinction between direct review and collateral review\
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Judges: Stevens
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