Supreme Court - Sliplists, 558 U. S., Part 1

558 U. S., Part 1

Corcoran v. Levenhagen, 558 U. S. ___ (2009) (per curiam)

R001; No. 08-10495; 10/20/09. Where the District Court granted Corcoran habeas relief based on a Sixth Amendment violation and thus did not address other claims relating to his death sentence and the Seventh Circuit reversed that ruling, the Circuit erred by disposing of the unresolved claims without explanation instead of permitting the District Court to consider them on remand or explaining itself why such consideration was unnecessary.

Bobby v. Van Hook, 558 U. S. ___ (2009) (per curiam)

R002; No. 09-144; 11/9/09. Because respondent’s attorneys met the constitutional minimum of competence under the correct standard, the Sixth Circuit erred in granting respondent habeas relief based on the ground that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel during the sentencing phase of his capital murder trial.

Wong v. Belmontes, 558 U. S. ___ (2009) (per curiam)

R003; No. 08-1263; 11/16/09. Even if the performance of Belmontes’ attorney during the sentencing phase of his capital trial was deficient, Belmontes cannot establish prejudice sufficient to show that counsel’s assistance was constitutionally ineffective under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668.

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