Legal Opinion
Hittson v. Chatman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 2015No. 14-8589Relating-toCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2ConcurrenceJustice Ginsburg, joined by Justice KAGANjoins
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 directs a federal habeas court to train its attention on the particular reasons-both legal and factual-why state courts rejected a state prisoner's federal claims. Only if the state court's decision "was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law" or "was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented," may a federal court grant habeas relief premised on a federal claim previously adjudicated on the…
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- Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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