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Coleman Vs. Thompson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 24, 1991

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  13. U.S. 722 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Coleman v. Thompson
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  14. U.S. 722 (1991) Coleman v. Thompson
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  15. state habeas was based on a procedural default, such that the federal courts could not treat it as such under Harris v. Reed
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  16. Page 501 U. S. 723 question and adequate to support the prisoner's continued custody. See, e.g., Wainwright v. Sykes
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  17. doing so would not abridge one of his federal constitutional rights, such that federal review is permissible under Ake v. Oklahoma
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  18. the Virginia court relied on an independent state procedural ground. Moreover, it is clear that the rule of Tharp v. Commonwealth
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  19. applied here, where it was Coleman's notice of appeal in the trial court that was late. And, although in O'Brien v. Socony
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  20. demonstrate that failure to consider the claims will result in a fundamental miscarriage of justice. Cf., e.g., Murray v. Carrier
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  21. standard set forth in Fay v. Noia
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  22. and the significant harm to the States that results from the failure of federal courts to respect them. Cf. McCleskey v. Zant
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  23. Because there is no constitutional right to an attorney in state postconviction proceedings, see, e.g., Pennsylvania v. Finley
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  24. a petitioner cannot claim constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel in such proceedings, see Wainwright v. Torna
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  25. imposed the death sentence, and the Virginia Supreme Court affirmed both the convictions and the sentence. Coleman v. Commonwealth
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  26. App. 25-26. This Court again denied certiorari. Coleman v. Bass
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  27. based on a procedural default, and therefore the federal courts could not treat it as such under the rule of Harris v. Reed
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  28. law ground that is independent of the federal question and adequate to support the judgment. See, e.g., Fox Film Corp. v. Muller
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  29. Klinger v. Missouri
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  30. independent federal ground for the decision could not affect the judgment, and would therefore be advisory. See Herb v. Pitcairn
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  31. In these cases, the state judgment rests on independent and adequate state procedural grounds. See Wainwright v. Sykes
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  32. Ulster County Court v. Allen
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  33. Ibid. The court does not review a judgment, but the lawfulness of the petitioner's custody simpliciter. See Fay v. Noia
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  34. state remedies as to any of his federal claims. See Ex parte Royall, 117 U. S. 241 (1886). See also Rose v. Lundy
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  35. Again, it is unclear from such opinions whether the state law decision is independent of federal law. In Michigan v. Long
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  36. Id. at 463 U. S. 1041 . In Caldwell v. Mississippi
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  37. decisions in the application of the independent and adequate state ground doctrine in a federal habeas case in Harris v. Reed
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  38. Long, supra, at 463 U. S. 1038 , quoting Abie State Bank v. Bryan
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  39. Continental T.V., Inc. v. GTE
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  40. The Virginia Supreme Court has reiterated the unwaivable nature of this requirement. See School Bd. of Lynchburg v. Scott
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  41. Vaughn v. Vaughn
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  42. Mears v. Mears
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  43. procedural bar only after determining that doing so would not abridge one of Coleman's constitutional rights. In Ake v. Oklahoma
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  44. no good, because the Virginia Supreme Court relied on an independent state procedural rule. Coleman cites Tharp v. Commonwealth
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  45. the petitioner has a constitutional right to have the appeal heard. This was the case, for example, in Cabaniss v. Cunningham
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  46. request for appointed counsel on appeal, a request the court was required to honor under the Constitution. See Douglas v. California
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  47. for appeal in that case would have abridged Cabaniss' constitutional right to counsel on appeal. See also Thacker v. Peyton
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  48. Stokes v. Peyton
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  49. has recognized an exception to the time requirement for filing a notice of appeal. Coleman cites also O'Brien v. Socony
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  50. accept the Court of Appeals conclusion that the bar was adequate. See 895 F.2d at 143. IV In Daniels v. Allen
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