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Bowles v. Sec'y., Dept. of Corrs.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where petitioner did not cite any decision of any court anywhere that...

Miller v. Stovall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's conditional grant of a writ of habeas corpus to a defendant serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit...

Balentine v. Thaler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas petitioner's appeal from a denial of his motion to set aside a judgment that a year earlier had denied him habeas relief, the...

Murdoch v. Castro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, because the Supreme Court has not clearly established whether...

Hill v. Schofield

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where Georgia's requirement of proof of mental retardation beyond a...

Obaydullah v. Obama

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In a habeas petition challenging the lawfulness of petitioner's detention at the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the district court's order...

Del Banjo v. Ayers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a prosecution for kidnapping with the intent to commit rape and/or sodomy and one count of sodomy, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is...

Wilson v. Gaetz

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from a conviction in state court of murder while mentally ill is vacated and...

US v. Parker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In proceedings arising from the conviction of defendant for conspiring to possess more than 5 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, and the...

Howard v. Clark

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder and attempted murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed in part where the district court correctly denied...