Danforth v. Minnesota - USSC
The holding of Teague, which limits the kinds of constitutional
violations that entitle an individual to federal habeas corpus relief,
does not limit the authority of a state court to provide a remedy for violation
deemed retroactive by Teague. eague is based on statutory authority that extends only to
federal courts applying a federal statute; it cannot be read as
imposing a binding obligation on state courts. The Teague rule
was intended to limit federal courts' authority to overturn state
convictions, not to limit a state court's authority to grant relief for
violations of new constitutional law rules when reviewing its own
state's convictions. Danforth v. Minnesota, 06–8273.
