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MAPLES v. THOMAS

No. 10-63.

132 S.Ct. 912 (2012)

181 L.Ed.2d 807

Cory R. MAPLES, Petitioner v. Kim T. THOMAS, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Garre , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

John C. Neiman, Jr. , Solicitor General, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent.

Gregory G. Garre , Counsel of Record, J. Scott Ballenger , Derek D. Smith , Michael E. Bern , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Nicholas Q. Rosenkranz , Deputy Attorney General, Washington, DC, Luther Strange , Attorney General, John C. Neiman, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, William G. Parker, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Alabama Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent.

Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court.

Cory R. Maples is an Alabama capital prisoner sentenced to death in 1997 for the murder of two individuals. At trial, he was represented by two appointed lawyers, minimally paid and with scant experience in capital cases. Maples sought postconviction relief in state court, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and several other trial infirmities. His petition, filed in August 2001, was written by two New York...

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