Greg McQuiggin, Warden, Petitioner v. Floyd Perkins

Decided May 28, 2013. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-126 · 569 U.S. 383 (2013) · Cited 3,838 times

Holding

Where, as here, a State’s procedural framework, by reason of its design and operation, makes it highly unlikely in a typical case that a defendant will have a meaningful opportunity to raise an ineffectiveassistance-of-trial-counsel claim on direct appeal, the exception recognized in Martinez applies.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Schlup v. Delo · 513 U.S. 298 (1995)
• House v. Bell · 547 U.S. 518 (2006)
• Coleman v. Thompson · 501 U.S. 722 (1991)
• Holland v. Florida · 560 U.S. 631 (2010)
• Bousley v. United States · 523 U.S. 614 (1998)
• McCleskey v. Zant · 499 U.S. 467 (1991)
• Calderon v. Thompson · 523 U.S. 538 (1998)
• Keeney v. Tamayo-Reyes · 504 U.S. 1 (1992)
• Murray v. Carrier · 477 U.S. 478 (1986)
• Herrera v. Collins · 506 U.S. 390 (1993)
• Brown v. Allen · 344 U.S. 443 (1953)
• Kuhlmann v. Wilson · 477 U.S. 436 (1986)
• Francis v. Henderson · 425 U.S. 536 (1976)
• Crawford v. Washington · 541 U.S. 36 (2004)
• Wainwright v. Sykes · 433 U.S. 72 (1977)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · 498 U.S. 89 (1990)
• Sawyer v. Whitley · 505 U.S. 333 (1992)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Felker v. Turpin · 518 U.S. 651 (1996)
• Dretke v. Haley · 541 U.S. 386 (2004)
• Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal · 523 U.S. 637 (1998)
• Lonchar v. Thomas · 517 U.S. 314 (1996)
• Meyer v. Holley · 537 U.S. 280 (2003)
• Young v. United States · 535 U.S. 43 (2002)
• Bailey v. Glover · 88 U.S. 342 (1875)
• Ex Parte Bollman and Swartwout · 8 U.S. 75 (1807)

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• Shinn v. Martinez Ramirez · 596 U.S. 366 (2022)
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• China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh · 584 U.S. 732 (2018)
• Garland v. Gonzalez · 596 U.S. 543 (2022)
• Wilson v. Sellers · 584 U.S. 122 (2018)
• Trump v. New York · 592 U.S. 125 (2020)

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