MANARITE

v.

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

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  …. On remand, the Nebraska Supreme [*93] Court followed Clemons, independently reweighed the applicable aggravating and mitigating factors, and reaffirmed respondent’s sentences. State v. Reeves, 239 Neb. 419, 476 N. W. 2d 829 (1991), cert. denied, 506 U. S. 837 (1992). Respondent then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Federal District Court. He raised 44 claims, including a claim that the trial court’s failure to give his requested instructions was unconstitutional under Beck. The District C…
• Meders v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic Prison, 900 F.3d 1330 (11th Cir. 2018)
  …that Meders has failed to overcome the strong presumption that Meders' trial counsel performed effectively." Id. at 492 (quotation marks omitted). The United States Supreme Court denied Meders' petition for a writ of certiorari. Meders v. Georgia, 506 U.S. 837, 113 S.Ct. 114, 121 L.Ed.2d 71 (1992). That ended the direct appeal. D. The State Habeas Proceedings A couple of years later, in April 1994, Meders filed a state habeas petition. After conducting evidentiary hearings, the state habeas court grant…