Bell v. Cone
- Decided
- May 28, 2002
- Docket
- 01-400
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 4,309 timesOverruled on other grounds (not yet verified)Possible negative treatment: overruled on other grounds (not yet verified) · State v. D. Schowengerdt
What later courts said
- holding that “it is not enough to convince a federal habeas court that, in its independent judgment, the state-court decision applied Strickland incorrectly” — Lovell v. Duffey (2011)
- holding that “[a] trial would be presumptively unfair ... where the accused is denied the presence of counsel at ‘a critical stage’ ” — Robert E. Douglas v. Ronald H. Cathel, Administrator of New Jersey State Prison the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Zulima Farber. (2006)
- holding that AEDPA requires habeas petitioner to demonstrate that state court unreasonably applied clearly established Supreme Court precedent — Lavayen v. Duncan (2009)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Tennessee Court of Appeals rejected respondent’s claim that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance during his sentencing hearing under principles announced in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (1984). The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded that United States v. Cronic, 466 U. S. 648 (1984), should have controlled the state court’s analysis and granted him a conditional writ of habeas corpus. We hold that respondent’s claim was governed by Strickland, and that the state court’s decision neither was [*689] “contrary to,” nor involved “an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law” under the provisions of 28 U. S. C. § 2254(d)(1).
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Bell v. Cone, 535 U.S. 685 (2002)Read the full opinion
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