Lindh v. Murphy
- Decided
- June 23, 1997
- Docket
- 96-6298
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that another provision of the AED-PA, codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), did not apply retroactively to cases pending before the statute’s effective date — Martin H. Tankleff v. D.A. Senkowski, Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility (1998)
- holding that the changes under AED-PA to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) do not apply retroactively to cases pending before AEDPA’s effective date — Martin H. Tankleff v. D.A. Senkowski, Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility (1998)
- holding that the AEDPA amendments to the provisions governing habeas corpus did not apply to pending noncapital cases — (untitled) (1998)
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How the opinion begins
Justice Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 1214, signed into law on April 24, 1996, enacted the present 28 U. S. C. § 2254(d) (1994 ed., Supp. II). The issue in this case is whether that new section of the statute dealing with petitions for habeas corpus governs [*323] applications in noncapital cases that were already pending when the Act was passed. We hold that it does not.
W Wisconsin tried Aaron Lindh on multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. In response to his insanity defense, the State called a psychiatrist who had spoken with Lindh immediately after the killings but had later, and before Lindh’s trial, come under criminal investigation by the State for sexual exploitation of some of his patients. Although, at trial, Lindh tried to ask the psychiatrist about that investigation, hoping to suggest the witness’s interest in currying favor with the State, the trial court barred the questioning. Lindh was convicted.
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Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320 (1997)Read the full opinion
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