Petition of the day
By Mary Pat Dwyer
on Jan 8, 2014
The petition of the day is:
13-592
Issue: Whether a federal court that bases its harmless error decision on the grave doubt rule of O’Neal v. McAninch can condemn a state courts harmless-error decision as so lacking in justification that there was an error well understood and comprehended in existing law beyond any possibility for fairminded disagreement, Harrington v. Richter, such that 28 U.S.C. 2254(d) will not bar federal habeas relief.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Stephens v. Gongora
Recommended Citation:
Mary Pat Dwyer,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Jan. 8, 2014, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2014/01/petition-of-the-day-515/