Justices to consider limit of ineffective assistance ruling 
Published: October 30, 2012
Tags: habeas, ineffective assistance of counsel, U.S. Supreme Court
In a case that could help establish the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last term in Martinez v. Ryan, which established defendants’ narrow right to the effective assistance of counsel in a post-conviction proceeding, the Court has agreed to decide whether a state court procedural default prevents a federal habeas court from hearing a post-conviction ineffective assistance claim.
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