Lamar Atu Blackwell v. Matthew Hansen, Warden, et al.
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Whether this Court's opinion in Webb v. Texas applies to prosecutors as well as judges
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. Whether this Court’s opinion in Webb v. Texas, 409 U.S. 95, 93 S. Ct. 351, 34 L. Ed. 2d 330 (1972) applies to prosecutors as well as judges; : II. Whether the unreasonable application standard set forth in . 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) is distinguishable from the Strickland standard, and whether a petitioner must address both prongs of Strickland in order for unreasonable application to be found; III. Whether this Court’s holding in Swarthout v. Cooke, 562 U.S. 216 (2009) implies that a State’s failure to follow its own postconviction procedural rules can violate due process. . of :