Today in Supreme Court History: October 5

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Maryland v. Kulbicki, 136 S.Ct. 2 (decided October 5, 2015): dismisses ineffective assistance of counsel claim; method of comparing lead in bullets in defendant’s truck vs. in victim’s brain relied on by prosecution was later discredited but was still state of the art at time of trial and as such could not have been attacked

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