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Langella v. Anderson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a prosecution for various organized crime-related offenses, a dismissal of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the court of appeals did...

Williams v. Norris

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) where the offered evidence of mitigation has nothing to do...

Gueits v. Kirkpatrick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In an assault prosecution, a grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where petitioner failed to demonstrate that the New York Supreme Court,...

Collins v. Gaetz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from a conviction for first-degree murder of his girlfriend is affirmed where: 1) a...

Simpson v. Jackson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
Defendant's request for habeas relief from his convictions for murder and related crimes arising from a fatal arson is granted in part, denied in part...

Treesh v. Bagley

Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief for his capital murder conviction is affirmed where: 1) it was not unreasonable for...

Al-Adahi v. Obama

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In a habeas petition by a detainee at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the grant of the petition is reversed where: 1) assuming arguendo that the government...

US v. Nicholson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In defendant's second appeal of the district court's second denial of his petition for habeas relief, claiming that he was deprived of his Sixth...

In re Watford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Defendant's petition for habeas relief challenging his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender, claiming that he cannot be held for...

Byers v. Basinger

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief challenging his conviction for first degree murder, attempted murder, and robbery,...