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Argued October 12, 1988
Decided February 22, 1989
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kimball R. Anderson, by appointment of the Court, 485 U.S. 974, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were George B. Christensen and E. King Poor.
Robert V. Shuff, Jr., First Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and Arleen C. Anderson, Assistant Attorneys General.*
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the State of California ex rel. John K. Van de Kamp by Mr. Van de Kamp, Attorney General of California, pro se, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Donald F. Roeschke, Deputy Attorney General; and for the State of Florida by Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Charles Corces, Jr., Assistant Attorney General.
Supreme Court of United States.
JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case, we consider whether the " `plain statement' rule" of Michigan v. Long,463 U.S. 1032, 1042, and n. 7 (1983), applies in a case on federal habeas review as well as in a case on direct review in this Court. We hold that it does.
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Petitioner Warren Lee Harris was convicted in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., of murder. On direct appeal...
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