Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Walker v. Lockhart

489 U.S. 1088

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1989-03-20
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that certified and exemplified copies of defendant's convictions and copies of documents contained in his "pen packet" obtained from TDC were properly admitted in evidence under hearsay exception for public records
  • “clearly, ineffective assistance of counsel provides cause for pro cedural default”

Citator

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.