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Thursday, May 22, 2008

States can permit Post Conviction Motions in cases before 2004 based on Crawford Hearsay Challenge.

States can permit Post Conviction Motions in cases before 2004 based on Crawford Hearsay Challenge.
Danforth v. Minnesota 128 S. Ct 1029 (2008)

Teague v. Lane, 489 U. S. 288 (1989), limits the kinds of constitutional violations that will entitle an individual to federal habeas corpus relief, but does not in any way limit the authority of a state court, when reviewing its own state criminal convictions, to provide a remedy for a violation that is deemed "nonretroactive" under Teague.