Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 2002No. 01-339PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Per curiam
At issue in this case is whether, when an Arizona Superior Court denied respondent’s successive petition for state post-conviction relief because respondent had failed to comply with Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a)(3) (West 2000), the state court’s ruling was independent of federal law. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit thought not. We granted certiorari and certified to the Arizona Supreme Court a question concerning the proper interpretation of Rule 32.2(a)(3). We have received a response and now reverse the Ninth Circuit’s decision.
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Respondent, Robert Douglas Smith, was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Johnson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Stewart v. SmithArizona Supreme Court · 2002
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3Cited by165 opinions
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