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Miller v. Brunsman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief for his aggravated murder and robbery conviction is affirmed as evidence offered by defendant in...

Christenson v. Ault

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a burglary and kidnapping prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) petitioner procedurally defaulted his claim...

Thompson v. Warden, Belmont Corr. Inst.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's request for habeas relief, convicted of stealing a motor vehicle, possession of crack cocaine, carrying a...

Brown v. Finnan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
A petition for habeas relief claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, by a defendant convicted of murder and sentenced to two concurrent life...

Restucci v. Bender

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's application for leave to file a second or successive habeas corpus petition is dismissed as unnecessary with leave to re-file in the...

Montes v. Trombley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief, claiming that his sentence of 30 t0 60 years for kidnapping exceeded the statutory...

Jones v. Cain

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a grant of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the state court unreasonably applied clearly established federal...

Gray v. Hardy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In defendant's petition for habeas relief from his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence to an extended-term based on a finding that the...

Zebroski v. State

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's motion for postconviction relief is affirmed in part, but the matter is remanded where: 1) the...

Stanley v. Schriro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of the petition is affirmed in part where defense counsel's performance did not prejudice petitioner during the...