Martinez v. Johnson

1 Analyses of this case by attorneys

  1. Capital Defense Weekly, January 12, 2004

    Capital Defense NewsletterJanuary 11, 2004

    See Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 752, 111 S. Ct. 2546, 115 L. Ed. 2d 640 (1991) ("there is no constitutional right to an attorney in state post-conviction proceedings . . . consequently, a petitioner cannot claim constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel in such proceedings."); Martinez v. Johnson, 255 F.3d 229, 240-41 (5th Cir. 2001). By implication, there [*21] is no right to funding of state habeas counsel.