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Peralta v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In proceedings involving defendant's pro se motion under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 to vacate his sentence on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel...

Valdovinos v. McGrath

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed in part where a reasonable probability existed that the undisclosed...

Rhoades v. Henry (Michelbacher)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, denial of petitioner's petition is affirmed where: 1) no Brady violation could occur when a defendant possessed the...

Rhoades v. Henry (Baldwin)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, denial of petitioner's petition is affirmed where: 1) an allegedly exculpatory confession by another witness was not...

In re Lucas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's request for habeas relief, claiming that when the district attorney filed the petition to commit him as a sexually violent predator he was...

Smith v. Mahoney

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) although defense counsel inadequately investigated the facts of the case...

Williams v. Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) defense counsel was not ineffective because the record...

In re Mille

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
Defendant's petition for habeas relief, challenging an 84-day delay in transferring him from a county jail to a state hospital after the superior...

Real v. Shannon

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief is affirmed where: 1) there was no variance between the victim's testimony and the...

Wooten v. Thaler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter involving late-arriving DNA evidence used by the state to strengthen its case, a denial of the petition is affirmed where:...