Legal Opinion
Larry Gene Hull v. Robert M. Freeman, Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 19, 1993No. 91-6010PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
This case illustrates the complexity engendered by the current federal habeas corpus doctrine of procedural default. In his petition for writ of habeas corpus, Larry Gene Hull contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel in a state court competency hearing before he pled guilty to murder. In an earlier opinion, we held the performance of Hull’s counsel at that hearing fell below an objective standard of reasonableness, fulfilling the first of two elements of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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