Martinez v. Ryan
2012 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case which considered whether criminal defendants ever have a right to the effective assistance of counsel in collateral state post-conviction proceedings. The Court held that a procedural default will not bar a federal habeas court from hearing ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel if there was no counsel or ineffective counsel in an initial-review collateral proceeding.
Quick Facts Martinez v. Ryan, Argued October 4, 2011 Decided March 20, 2012 ...
Martinez v. Ryan | |
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Argued October 4, 2011 Decided March 20, 2012 | |
Full case name | Luis Mariano Martinez v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Docket no. | 10-1001 |
Citations | 566 U.S. 1 (more) 132 S. Ct. 1309; 182 L. Ed. 2d 272 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Martinez v. Schriro, 623 F.3d 731 (9th Cir. 2010) |
Subsequent | Martinez v. Ryan, 680 F.3d 1160 (9th Cir. 2012) |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas |
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