IN RE WADE; IN RE RICCO; AND IN RE RAGLAND

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• Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510 (U.S. 2003)
  …emphasized that conflicting medical testimony with respect to the time of death, the absence of direct evidence against Wiggins, and unexplained forensic evidence at the crime scene supported counsel’s strategy. Id., at 641. We granted certiorari, 537 U. S. 1027 (2002), and now reverse. II A Petitioner renews his contention that his attorneys’ performance at sentencing violated his Sixth Amendment right [*520] to effective assistance of counsel. The amendments to 28 U. S. C. § 2254, enacted as part of th…
• Fed. Election Comm'n v. Beaumont, 539 U.S. 146 (U.S. 2003)
  …ntributions.2 Be [*152] cause on that issue the Fourth Circuit is in conflict with the Sixth, see Kentucky Right to Life, Inc. v. Terry, 108 F. 3d 637, 645-646 (1997) (upholding a provision of Kentucky law analogous to §441b), we granted certiorari, 537 U. S. 1027 (2002). We now reverse. II A Any attack on the federal prohibition of direct corporate political contributions goes against the current of a century of congressional efforts to curb corporations’ potentially “deleterious influences on federal ele…