Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Strickland v. United States

Strickland v. United States, 516 U.S. 827 (1995)

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

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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.