U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Mar. 16, 2017
The unbreakable structure of structural errors
The approach the Supreme Court takes in an upcoming case may affect how ineffective counsel claims are litigated.
2nd Appellate District, Division 5
Brian M. Hoffstadt
Presiding Justice
California Court of Appeal
UCLA School of Law, 1995
Just after the turn of the 19th century, English chemist John Dalton coined his eponymous theory, postulating that all matter was composed of "indivisible and indestructible" atoms. Of course, we now know atoms are divisible; that they are comprised of protons, neutrons and electrons; and that protons and neutrons are themselves further divisible into elementary particles called quarks. This spring, the U.S. Supreme Court may tell us whether one of the rare but nevertheless important build...
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