state-postconviction-proceedings

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A972 Birt Ford v. Andrew Cole, Warden Seventh Circuit 2026-03-05 Application diligence factual-development habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment state-postconviction-proceedings Whether a state prisoner has "failed to develop the factual basis of a claim in State court proceedings" when the prisoner raises the claim in state p…
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 Alabama prohibits a state postconviction petitioner from introducing hearsay to prove a penalty phase ineffective assistance of counsel claim. By cont…