Legal Opinion
Smith v. Finley
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 4, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2020-2933Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SYDNEY E. SMITH, Petitioner, v. Case No. 20-cv-02933 (CRC) SCOTT FINLEY, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION Sydney E. Smith is currently serving thirty years to life in federal prison on a D.C. Superior Court conviction for first-degree murder. Smith petitions for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in D.C. Superior Court collateral proceedings attacking that conviction, which, he says, caused him to default his claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial. As it…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Davila v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
- Blair-Bey v. QuickCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- Williams v. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
- Rhonda Baird v. Joshua GotbaumCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
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