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Vining v. Sec'y, Dept. of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's petition is affirmed where: 1) no extra-record materials that the trial judge viewed were...

Marshall v. Sec'y, Dep't of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where nothing in the record suggested that state courts' application...

Bailey v. Cain

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, petitioner's appeal of the denial of his habeas petition is dismissed and the denial of petitioner's Fed. R. Crim. P. 60...

Woodfox v. Cain

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In the state's appeal from a grant of petitioner's habeas petition in a murder prosecution, the order is reversed where: 1) petitioner failed to...

Davis v. Lafler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from convictions for carjacking and receiving and concealing stolen property is...

Suggs v. McNeil

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of the petition is affirmed where the decision of the Florida Supreme Court finding that petitioner failed to...

Magwood v. Patterson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the Eleventh Circuit's reversal of the grant of petitioner's petition is reversed where, because petitioner-s habeas...

Barhoumi v. Obama

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas petition filed by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) the district court's alleged failure to...

Spencer v. Sec'y., Dept. of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) petitioner's first five claims of prosecutorial misconduct were...

Ebert v. Gaetz

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his murder and armed robbery conviction is affirmed where: 1) a state court's...