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The high court’s ruling severely diminishes opportunities for inmates to claim ineffective assistance of counsel even if attorneys failed to represent their clients properly.
The court's majority ruled that a death row inmate will stay there, despite an overturned conviction.
The Kerrville Folk Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary May 26-June 12. Performers include Michael Martin Murphey, Shawn Colvin and Valerie June.
The Supreme Court voted in Shinn v. Ramirez to bad federal courts from considering new evidence from defendants who allege their lawyers failed them in state court.
The Supreme Court said Monday that state prisoners may not present new evidence in federal court in support of a claim that their post-conviction counsel in state court was ineffective in violation of the Constitution.