WALKER, AKA SMITH

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Wong v. Belmontes, 558 U.S. 15 (U.S. 2009)
  …ateral review, Belmontes sought federal habeas relief, which the District Court denied. The Court of Appeals reversed, finding instructional error, but we overturned that decision. Ayers v. Belmontes, 549 U. S. 7 (2006); see also Brown v. Belmontes, 544 U. S. 945 (2005). On remand, the Court of Appeals again ruled for Belmontes, this time finding that Belmontes suffered ineffective assistance of counsel during the sentencing phase of his trial. The District Court had previously denied relief on that ground,…
• Ayers v. Belmontes, 549 U.S. 7 (U.S. 2006)
  …eals denied rehearing en banc. [*11] Belmontes v. Woodford, 359 F. 3d 1079 (2004). This Court granted certiorari, vacated the judgment, and remanded for further consideration in light of Brown v. Payton, 544 U. S. 133 (2005). Brown v. Belmontes, 544 U. S. 945 (2005). On remand, a divided panel again invalidated respondent’s sentence; it distinguished Payton on the grounds that the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 110 Stat. 1214, though applicable in that case, does not ap…