state-evidentiary-rules

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-6238 Donald Broadnax v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied IFP AEDPA aedpa-deference due-process federal-habeas-corpus hearsay hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief state-evidentiary-rules state-postconviction-proceedings Does AEDPA deference apply to state postconviction evidentiary rules?
19-6411 Tyler Joseph Barefield v. Arkansas Arkansas 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-perpetrator alternative-perpetrator-evidence constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence right-to-defense right-to-present-defense state-evidentiary-requirements state-evidentiary-rules To what extent may a State restrict the ability of a defendant to present evidence tending to establish that another person committed the offense?