Court Opinion

ID: 9428738
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:24:37.460948+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:14.914642
License: Public Domain

Justice Stevens,
concurring.
Although my view of the relevance of the cause for counsel’s failure to object to a jury instruction is significantly different from the Court’s, see Wainwright v. Sykes, 433 U. S. 72, 94-97 (Stevens, J., concurring); Rose v. Lundy, 455 U. S. 509, 538 (Stevens, J., dissenting); Engle v. Isaac, ante, at 136-137, n. 1 (Stevens, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part), I have joined the Court’s opinion in this case because it properly focuses on the character of the prejudice to determine whether collateral relief is appropriate.