Supreme Court rules in ineffective counsel case

NPR | By Nina Totenberg

Published May 23, 2022 at 4:42 PM EDT

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal court can't consider new evidence to support arguments in ineffective counsel cases. The evidence must be introduced at the state level.

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