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Clark v. Sweeney
607 U.S. 7 (2025)
Key Principle
An appellate court violates the principle of party presentation and abuses its discretion when it grants postconviction relief on a constitutional theory the petitioner never raised, instead of deciding the claim the petitioner actually presented.
Area of Law
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