Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Habeas Corpus : From 10/01/01 To 07/01/02
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus |
| Title: | CAREY v. SAFFOLD |
| Date: | 06/17/02 |
| Case Number: | 01-301 |
| Summary: | A state prisoner's application for state collateral review is "pending", for purposes of tolling the one-year time period to seek federal habeas relief, during the time between a lower state court's decision and the filing of a notice of appeal to a higher state court. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Ethics & Professional Responsibility |
| Title: | MICKENS v. TAYLOR |
| Date: | 03/27/02 |
| Case Number: | 00-9285 |
| Summary: | In order to demonstrate a Sixth Amendment violation where the trial court fails to inquire into a potential conflict of interest about which it knew or reasonably should have known, a defendant must establish that the conflict adversely affected his counsel's performance; here, even though defendant's counsel represented the victim in a previous case and did not notify the defendant, court or co-counsel of the potential conflict, no violation found. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus |
| Title: | LEE v. KEMNA |
| Date: | 01/22/02 |
| Case Number: | 00-6933 |
| Summary: | Failure of a criminal defendant to make a written motion for continuance under Missouri Court Rule 24.09 does not constitute adequate state grounds to deny federal habeas review, where original denial was not based on this ground and was not strictly observed. |