Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Strickland v. United States

516 U.S. 827

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1995-10-02
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “[C]omments were not phrased in personal terms, but appealed to the jury’s understanding of justice and asked that standard be upheld.”
  • United States Marshals Service’s failure to effectuate service of process constitutes good cause under Rule 4
  • comments during closing argument that defendant could have subpoenaed his own blood spatter experts
  • concurring by reason of stare decisis
  • post-autopsy photograph more proba tive than prejudicial
  • post-autopsy photograph more probative than prejudicial

Citator

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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.