No. 20-507October Term 2020Decided March 29, 2021Updated Mar 29, 2021
Mays v. Hines
This case asked whether a federal appeals court went too far in overturning Anthony Hines’s Tennessee murder conviction and death sentence on habeas review based on ineffective assistance of counsel.
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Decided · March 29, 2021
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Whether the Sixth Circuit’s decision conflicts with the Court’s precedents governing claims of ineffective assistance of counsel under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
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Decided March 29, 2021
The Court released its decision on March 29, 2021 without hearing oral argument.
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