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TOWLES v. WETZEL

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 2025No. 5:15-cv-04256Unknown

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JAKEEM TOWLES : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 15-4256 : SECRETARY JOHN E. WETZEL, et al. : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. April 15, 2025 We expect lawyers defending persons charged with first-degree murder will present evidence supporting good faith defenses grounded in the law. The charged person’s constitutional right to a sufficient defense includes being represented by a lawyer aware of the governing law even if it is his first capital murder trial. We today evaluate a trial representation on habeas review which the…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. O'Sullivan v. BoerckelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993

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