The following excerpt is from United States v. Hardiman, 982 F.3d 1234 (9th Cir. 2020):
Teague held that as a general matter, "new constitutional rules of criminal procedure will not be applicable to those cases which have become final before the new rules are announced." 489 U.S. at 310, 109 S.Ct. 1060 ; see also Schriro v. Summerlin , 542 U.S. 348, 352, 124 S.Ct. 2519, 159 L.Ed.2d 442 (2004) ("New rules of procedure ... generally do not apply retroactively.").2
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