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Townsend Vs. Sain

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 18, 1963

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  1. Hawk Vs. Olson US Supreme Court · Nov 13, 1945
  2. Reck Vs. Pate US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1961
  3. United States Ex Rel. Jennings Vs. Ragen US Supreme Court · Jan 12, 1959
  4. Fay Vs. Noia US Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1963
  5. Fiske Vs. Kansas US Supreme Court · May 16, 1927
  6. U.S. 293 (1963) U.S. Supreme Court Townsend v. Sain
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  7. U.S. 293 (1963) Townsend v. Sain
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  8. of voluntariness, because it bears on the issue of credibility, may also be presented to the jury. See, e.g., People v. Schwartz
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  9. People v. Roach
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  10. death penalty to its verdict. The Supreme Court of Illinois affirmed the conviction, two justices dissenting. People v. Townsend
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  11. The Page 372 U. S. 309 Court has usually so stated the test. See, e.g., Stroble v. California
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  12. And in Blackburn v. Alabama
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  13. anew -- is a recurring one. The Court last dealt at length with it in Brown v. Allen
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  14. in the 1959 Term to consider the question, but ultimately disposed of the case on a more immediate ground. Rogers v. Richmond
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  15. U. S. 534 , 365 U. S. 540 . It has become apparent that the opinions in Brown v. Allen
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  16. of the federal courts on habeas corpus are reviewed at length in the Court's opinion in Fay Page 372 U. S. 311 v. Noia
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  17. determine the facts de novo in the largest terms, restated what apparently was the common law understanding. Fay v. Noia
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  18. Since Frank v. Mangum
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  19. U. S. 271 , 326 U. S. 274 . Brown v. Allen
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  20. presupposes the opportunity to be heard, to argue and present evidence, must never be totally foreclosed. See Frank v. Mangum
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  21. standard -- which must be considered to supersede, to the extent of any inconsistencies, the opinions in Brown v. Allen
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  22. tests of the opinions in Brown v. Allen
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  23. fact applied correct standards of federal law to the facts, in the absence of evidence, such as was present in Rogers v. Richmond
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  24. supra, at 365 U. S. 546 . See Frank v. Mangum
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  25. that state factual determinations not fairly supported by the record cannot be conclusive of federal rights. Fiske v. Kansas
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  26. of the person are claimed to have been infringed, we carefully scrutinize the state court record. See, e.g., Blackburn v. Alabama
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  27. Moore v. Michigan
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  28. district judge on habeas. If, for any reason not attributable to the inexcusable neglect of petitioner, see Fay v. Noia
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  29. developed at the state hearing, a federal hearing is compelled. The standard of inexcusable default set down in Fay v. Noia
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  30. piecemeal presentation of constitutional claims in the form of deliberate bypassing of state procedures. Compare Price v. Johnston
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  31. independently. The state conclusions of law may not be given binding weight on habeas. That was settled in Brown v. Allen
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  32. a full and fair state court evidentiary hearing resulting in reliable findings. See United States ex rel. Jennings v. Ragan
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  33. must be made on the front line, by the district judges who are conscious of their paramount responsibility in this area. v. Application
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  34. medical experts' failure to testify fully cannot realistically be regarded as Townsend's inexcusable default. See Fay v. Noia
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  35. Brown v. Allen
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  36. See Thomas v. Arizona
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  37. U. S. 64 (per curiam) (vacating judgment on authority of Jennings v. Ragen
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  38. Tillery v. Cavell
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  39. Schlette v. People
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  40. Bolling v. Smyth
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  41. Chavez v. Dickson
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  42. Gay v. Graham
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  43. Rogers v. Richmond
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  44. Alvarez v. Murphy
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  45. Tyler v. Pepersack
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  46. Cranor v. Gonzales
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  47. De Vita v. McCorkle
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  48. Of course, under Rogers v. Richmond
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Townsend v. Sain
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  50. People v. Schwartz
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