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Bunton v. Atherton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) the state court of appeals did not unreasonably apply...

Taylor v. Sisto

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a prosecution for evading a peace officer and assault with a deadly weapon, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where an...

Lunbery v. Hornbeak

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where the trial court's exclusion of the evidence of a witness's...

Gagne v. Booker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a conviction for criminal sexual misconduct is affirmed as the Michigan...

Ponce v. Felker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, at the time of petitioner's appeal, it was neither contrary to,...

Jefferson v. Upton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the Eleventh Circuit's affirmance of the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where the court of appeals did...

Maqaleh v. Gates

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In habeas petitions by detainees at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, the district court's denial of defendants' motions to dismiss is reversed...

Maxwell v. Roe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where the trial court's holding that petitioner was competent to stand...

Diamen v. US

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a motion for a "certificate of innocence" in order to pursue a damages claim in the Court of Federal Claims for unjust conviction and...

Parsley v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's motion under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion to vacate his sentence for his drug related conviction is affirmed...