Legal Opinion
Kenneth Hibbler v. James Benedetti
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 10, 2012No. 11-16683PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
Kenneth Hibbler claims that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because his counsel induced him to enter a guilty plea at a time when counsel should have known that Hibbler was incompetent. 1 The Nevada Supreme Court rejected this claim, finding that Hibbler’s allegations were belied by the record. This appeal requires us to determine whether it was unreasonable for the state court to make this finding absent an evidentiary hearing. We hold that it was not.
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In the early morning hours of July 24, 2003, Kenneth Hibbler’s…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by125 opinions
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