Legal Opinion
Foxworth v. St. Amand
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 29, 2009No. 08-1751PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This habeas appeal presents several challenging questions. Two of these are particularly intriguing. The first involves the effect of an eyewitness’s expression of less than complete certitude about a crucial out-of-court identification that he previously made. The second is a multi-part question. The initial part deals with the *420cut-off point for determining what constitutes “clearly established Federal law” within the purview of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), a provision of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214.…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by78 opinions
- Davis v. LaflerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2011
- Janosky v. St. AmandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- Mansfield v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Clements v. ClarkeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- Wood v. ErcoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
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