Legal Opinion
Cockett v. Ray
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2003No. 02-15078PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
Hawaii state prisoner Janice Cockett (“Cockett”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of her federal habeas corpus petition as limited by 28 U.S.C. § 2254 which challenged her 1995 conviction for the murder of her husband, Frank Cockett. The district court dismissed Cockett’s Confrontation Clause claim and claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel as procedurally defaulted because it found that the Hawaii Supreme Court had relied on an independent and adequate state procedural ground in denying the claims. We affirm.
Because our decision turns on the issue of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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