29 Cited authorities

  1. Baldwin v. Reese

    541 U.S. 27 (2004)   Cited 5,819 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "ordinarily a state prisoner does not ‘fairly present’ a claim to a state court if that court must read beyond a petition or a brief (or a similar document) that does not alert it to the presence of a federal claim in order to find material ... that does so"
  2. Duncan v. Henry

    513 U.S. 364 (1995)   Cited 8,043 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding a claim raised in a state-court proceeding must be presented to that court as a federal constitutional claim or it is not exhausted for federal habeas corpus purposes
  3. Roe v. Flores-Ortega

    528 U.S. 470 (2000)   Cited 5,728 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding in criminal habeas context that counsel's failure to file a timely appeal is presumptively prejudicial, with no need for a "further showing from the defendant of the merits of his underlying claims"
  4. Picard v. Connor

    404 U.S. 270 (1971)   Cited 12,682 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to preserve federal claim for habeas review, "the federal claim must be fairly presented to the state courts"
  5. North Carolina v. Alford

    400 U.S. 25 (1970)   Cited 10,654 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an individual may "consent to the imposition of a prison sentence" despite maintaining that he is innocent of the charged crime
  6. Cuyler v. Sullivan

    446 U.S. 335 (1980)   Cited 5,705 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prejudice is presumed when a defendant establishes his attorney operated under an actual conflict of interest arising from concurrent representation of multiple clients which adversely affected the attorney's performance
  7. Evitts v. Lucey

    469 U.S. 387 (1985)   Cited 4,492 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the right to effective assistance of counsel includes the right to effective assistance of appellate counsel
  8. Gideon v. Wainwright

    372 U.S. 335 (1963)   Cited 8,393 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Sixth Amendment requires counsel in all state felony prosecutions
  9. Ross v. Moffitt

    417 U.S. 600 (1974)   Cited 1,577 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding criminal defendant's right to counsel at trial to be "fundamental"
  10. Wainwright v. Torna

    455 U.S. 586 (1982)   Cited 935 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a criminal defendant does not have a constitutional right to counsel to pursue discretionary state appeals or applications for review in th[e Supreme] Court," and, absent a constitutional right to counsel, an attorney's failings cannot give rise to a constitutional claim of ineffective assistance
  11. Section 2254 - State custody; remedies in Federal courts

    28 U.S.C. § 2254   Cited 204,450 times   341 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a determination of a factual issue made by a State court shall be presumed to be correct" and "[t]he applicant shall have the burden of rebutting the presumption of correctness by clear and convincing evidence"