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U.S. Supreme Court

Jun. 29, 2011

Court to Consider New Lawyer for Inmate

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will weight whether a condemned state prisoner is entitled a new court-appointed lawyer for his habeas corpus proceedings because he's unhappy with his current one.


The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether a condemned state prisoner is entitled to a new court-appointed lawyer for his habeas corpus proceedings because he's unhappy with his current one, who he claimed didn't pursuse key evidence.


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held last year that Kenneth Clair, convicted by a California jury of capital murder in 1987, should get a new lawyer for his habeas challenge. The circuit, which vacated...

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