Legal Opinion
Albert Woodfox v. Burl Cain, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 20, 2014No. 13-30266PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellee Albert Woodfox is once again before this Court in connection with his federal habeas petition. The district court had originally granted Woodfox federal habeas relief on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel, but we held that the district court erred in light of the deferential review afforded to state courts under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), and therefore vacated the district court’s decision. 1 We then remanded the case to the district court to consider the only remaining claim,…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Wilson v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- Jonathan Boyer v. Darrel Vannoy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
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