PCR and Habeas News
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by: Ryan • October 29, 2012 • no comments
The United States Supreme Court granted cert on four cases today, two of which should interest PCR and habeas practitioners.
One involves a plea to give convicted individuals a new chance to claim that their defense lawyers in state court failed to perform adequately. That is an issue that arose in the wake of last Term's decision in Martinez v. Ryan. The new case on that question is Trevino v. Thaler (11-10870).
The habeas case involves a test of whether a convicted individual's claim of innocence of the crime will be treated as an excuse for failing to pursue a federal habeas challenge on time (McQuiggin v. Perkins, 12-126).
More details later.
