-habeas-corpus

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6728 John Lezell Balentine v. Texas Texas 2023-02-08 Denied IFP given its interweaving with federal law -abuse-of-writ -federal-law -habeas-corpus -post-conviction-relief -state-law-ground #NAME? abuse-of-the-writ capital-case due-process federal-law juror-misconduct racial-prejudice Whether the CCA's otherwise unexplained ruling that abuse of the writ under Article 11.071, § 5, precluded post-conviction relief is an adequate and i…
20-8462 Roderick Napoleon Harris v. Texas Texas 2021-06-30 Denied IFP -habeas-corpus -ineffective-assistance -prejudice-standard -professional-norms -sixth-amendment #NAME? capital-case mitigation-evidence prejudice professional-standards sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Whether a habeas court must articulate and apply prevailing professional norms to determine ineffective-assistance-of-counsel