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United States simmonsadequate and independent state grounddue process

Cruz v Arizona

598 U.S. 17 (2023)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year2023
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

capital sentencing; Simmons-Lynch; state procedural bar does not preclude federal habeas review of Simmons error

Area of Law

criminal

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