Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Torres-Benavidez v. United States
489 U.S. 1032
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1989-02-21
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that a petitioner’s inability to demonstrate either the cause or prejudice prong of the Wainwright test results in the dismissal of the habeas petition before the merits of the claims can be reached.
- holding that a petitioner’s inability to demonstrate either prong of the Wainwright test results in dismissal of the habeas petition before the merits of the claims can be reached
Citator
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- 52 opinions
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.