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Washington v. Fischer

Washington v. Fischer, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility

Washington v. Fischer, 546 U.S. 1217 (2006)
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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
February 27, 2006
Docket
No. 05-8276
Citations
546 U.S. 1217126 S. Ct. 1434164 L. Ed. 2d 13774 U.S.L.W. 34852006 U.S. LEXIS 1881

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.

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  • (there was nothing objectively unreasonable about counsel’s decision to advise petitioner to testify where his first-hand account of the fatal shooting was the only source of exculpatory evidence available at the guilt-innocence phase of trial)

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  1. Martinez v. Dretke426 F. Supp. 2d 403 (W.D. Tex. 2006)
  2. Moore v. Quarterman526 F. Supp. 2d 654 (W.D. Tex. 2007)
  3. Parr v. Thaler481 F. App'x 872 (5th Cir. 2012)
  4. Bartee v. Quarterman574 F. Supp. 2d 624 (W.D. Tex. 2008)
  5. Carl Blue v. Rick Thaler, Director665 F.3d 647 (5th Cir. 2011)
  6. United States v. Acosta475 F.3d 677 (5th Cir. 2007)

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  4. Tyson v. Commissioner of CorrectionNo. AC36258 (Conn. App. Ct. Jan. 20, 2015)
  5. Melendez v. Commissioner of Correction62 A.3d 629 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013)
  6. Garza v. Thaler909 F. Supp. 2d 578 (W.D. Tex. 2012)

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