Premo v. Moore

Premo v. Moore, 562 U.S. 115 (2011), is a United States Supreme Court case involving the right of individuals to federal habeas corpus relief on state-law claims.

In a unanimous ruling, the court held that habeas relief may not be granted with respect to any claim that a state-court has found on the merits unless the state-court decision denying relief involves an "unreasonable application" of "clearly established federal law, as determined by" the Court.

On the advice of counsel, Moore agreed to plead no contest to felony murder in exchange for the minimum sentence for that offense.

He later sought postconviction relief in state court, claiming that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel.

These facts led the state court to conclude Moore had not established ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington (1984).