INDEX

• Jurisdiction: United States

Index

- A -

absence of frivolity, 166

abuse of the writ, 79, 203, 291, 293, 294, 329, 335, 342, 344, 345-348, 350, 352, 358, 387

accomplice, 135, 145, 178, 339, 342, 447, 448

act of grace, 210

actual innocence, 190, 201-206, 208-210, 212, 215, 217, 219-224, 230-232, 239, 240, 244, 247-249, 251, 252, 257, 259, 263, 264, 266, 267, 338

adequate and independent state law ground/ ground of state decision/ state ground(s) / state law/ state procedural bar / procedural rule, 280, 286, 288, 303, 304, 311, 314, 323, 326, 412

adequate state ground(s), 17, 284, 312316, 318, 401

administration of justice, 59, 157, 183, 298, 352, 467

AEDPA, 4, 7, 35-67, 69, 71-74, 76-90, 111, 117, 160, 165 -167, 170, 171, 176, 223, 232, 260, 264, 266, 296-298, 300, 327, 352, 354, 355, 363, 370, 381, 390, 391, 393-395, 397, 400, 401, 402, 403, 406, 407, 411-439, 469, 471-473, 497

aggravating circumstances, 145, 223, 405

aggravating factors, 63, 135, 143, 223, 229, 230

airtight system of forfeitures, 309

alien, 98, 154, 479, 480, 482, 483-485, 488-490, 493-495

amending, 80, 290, 293, 354, 423

appeal as of right, 189, 213, 317, 321

appellate jurisdiction, 267, 285, 286, 356, 358, 359

application of the writ, 9

appropriate standard of habeas review, 47

arbitrariness, 24, 147, 151, 155, 257, 335

arbitrary, 150, 152-154, 159, 181, 253, 255-259, 322, 365, 502

arbitrary and capricious, 150, 152-154

arbitrary and capricious manner, 152

assistance of counsel, 42, 44, 45, 48, 50, 51, 54, 58, 62, 103, 106, 109, 110-114, 116-118, 123, 131, 185-187, 189-193, 195, 213, 223, 224, 230, 261, 261, 267, 268, 272, 315, 320, 321, 325, 328, 339, 343, 347, 388, 404, 405, 412, 420-422, 426, 427, 438, 499, 505

atmosphere/ atmosphere of the cause taken as a whole, 59, 290

attorney ignorance/ attorney inadvertence, 320

avenues of judicial review, 98

- B -

Baldus Study/ Baldus, David C., 138, 146-149, 153, 154, 156, 157, 159

Bandes, Susan, xi, 159, 160

Batson violation, 166, 169, 171, 172, 460

belated application of the exhaustion rule, 299

Bill of Rights, 4, 16, 19, 55, 144, 255, 272, 284, 323

bipartisan consensus, 139

Bright, Stephen B., 144

burden of persuasion, 459

Bushell's Case, 281

- C -

callous, 295

capital error, 139, 141-143

capricious, 147, 150, 152-154

caseloads, 142, 268, 293, 416

cause, 6, 8, 11, 13, 42, 75, 95, 97, 105, 126, 128, 131, 133, 134, 140, 142, 143, 144, 151, 152, 162, 163, 169, 175, 178, 185, 198, 201, 218, 220, 222, 223, 225, 226, 231, 236, 242, 249, 252, 269, 274, 283, 290, 292, 295-298, 301, 305-307, 310, 311, 312, 314, 317-322, 325, 327, 343, 344, 347-351, 354, 364, 365, 368, 373, 374, 378, 382, 383, 384, 388, 389, 390, 392, 394, 395, 397, 404, 411, 442, 452, 461, 466, 467, 468, 479, 495, 499, 500

cause and prejudice, 133, 201, 218, 221, 231, 295, 301, 306, 307, 311, 318-320, 325, 327, 347, 348, 350, 351, 382-384, 387-389, 393-395, 411, 466

"cause and prejudice" doctrine, 295

cause-and-prejudice standard, 382, 383

cautionary instruction, 443

certainty, 23, 50, 87, 129, 156, 165, 231, 232, 247, 269, 322, 355

certificate of appealability, 57, 160, 165, 170, 171, 173, 230, 400

channel the sentencer's discretion, 152

civil commitment, 4

clean slate, 221, 303

clear and convincing, 40, 120, 123, 162, 167, 168, 170-174, 215, 220, 223, 232, 248, 250, 266, 289, 353, 354, 390, 393, 396, 406, 423, 430, 435

clearly and expressly, 311, 312, 314, 315, 324

clearly erroneous, 10, 120, 167, 240, 241, 254

clearly established Federal law, 39, 42, 45, 48, 49, 51-54, 56-58, 63, 64, 106, 109, 112, 114, 117, 162, 264, 265, 390, 400, 406, 413, 414, 417, 422, 471

clemency proceedings, 213

close case, 170, 175, 341

COA, 160-162, 165-175

codification by Congress, 291

(un)coerced confession, 18, 26, 240, 280, 284, 304, 377, 450-454

cognizable federal issues 303

collateral attack, 5, 25, 27, 32, 36, 267-275, 294, 336, 338, 382, 445, 446, 465, 466, 468, 486, 497

collateral consequences, 93-96, 98, 102, 104, 106, 107, 214

collateral estoppel, 354

collateral review, 5, 21, 37, 40, 59, 70-72, 75, 76, 78, 87, 167, 179, 180, 182, 183, 188, 189, 193, 195, 197, 198, 289, 294, 308, 309, 317, 318, 321-323, 338, 353, 354, 390, 393, 446, 461-468, 470, 471, 498, 500

colorable constitutional claims, 309

colorable showing of factual innocence, 205, 338, 341

colorable showing of innocence, 270, 271, 273, 275

comity, 3, 11-13, 78, 138, 165, 184, 187, 189, 192, 199, 219, 231, 260, 279, 283, 286, 291-293, 299, 304, 313, 314, 317, 318, 322, 383, 385, 387, 395, 430, 466, 470

commutation, 206, 212-214, 250

comparative juror analysis, 168

comparative review, 144

competency of trial counsel, 309

congressional intent, 87, 489, 497

constitutionally unacceptable, 153, 158

contemporaneous objections, 447

contemporaneous-objection rule, 301, 305, 306

contemporary standards of decency, 207, 209

contemporary values, 150

contrary to, or an unreasonable, 47, 265

coram nobis, 269, 284, 289, 304

credibility, 135, 137, 166-169, 174, 175, 207, 208, 220, 231, 232, 238, 240, 241, 370, 373, 379, 380, 431, 432, 446, 447, 455, 456, 462

criminal procedure, 4, 20, 30, 32, 55, 74, 164, 208, 245, 253, 271, 272, 274, 285, 317, 378, 441

crisis, 139, 140

cruel and unusual punishment, 149, 155, 202, 208, 209, 212, 261, 272

cumulative effect, 501

curative instructions, 445, 447

custody, 3, 9, 10-12, 14, 18, 21, 37-40, 45, 48, 49, 50, 64, 65, 79, 81, 93-97, 100, 101, 105, 106, 107, 112, 122, 179, 184, 191, 194, 196, 197, 210, 216, 222, 244, 249, 259, 269, 271, 279-281, 284, 288, 289, 303, 308, 313, 316, 335, 338, 339, 355, 357, 365, 371, 374, 389, 390, 404, 411, 448, 459, 461, 464, 469, 473, 478-482, 485, 486, 494, 501, 502

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