United States appellate counselbatsonhabeas corpus

Eagle v. Linahan

279 F. 3d 926

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Appellate counsel renders constitutionally ineffective assistance under Strickland by failing to raise a meritorious Batson claim on direct appeal, warranting habeas relief where the omitted claim would have had a reasonable probability of success.

Area of Law

General

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