Legal Opinion
Maples v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 18, 2012No. 10-63PublishedCited by 704 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Cory R. Maples is an Alabama capital prisoner sentenced to death in 1997 for the murder of two individuals. At trial, he was represented by two appointed lawyers, minimally paid and with scant experience in capital cases. Maples sought postconviction relief in state court, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and several other trial infirmities. His petition, filed in August 2001, was written by two New York attorneys serving pro bono, both associated with the same New York-based large law firm. An Alabama attorney, designated as local counsel, moved the admission of the out-of-state…
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