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Christian v. Frank

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where a state supreme court reasonably applied Chambers v. Mississippi,...

Stewart v. Wolfenbarger

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's petition for habeas relief, holding that there was insufficient evidence to convict the defendant of...

Garza v. Davis

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas petition alleging that Bureau of Prison officials at petitioner's prison camp were categorically denying review and transfer of eligible...

Krantz v. Lindamood

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where the state needed to prove only that defendant...

Forsyth v. Spencer

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief claiming that his plea was based upon inaccurate and incomplete information and...

Alverson v. Workman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) the state's allegation of future dangerousness was not...

McElrath v. Simpson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, district court's denial is reversed and remanded with instructions to conditionally...

Lambert v. Workman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of the habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) there was no Supreme Court authority clearly establishing the proper...

Arnold v. Sec'y. Dep't of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In the government's appeal from the grant of petitioner's habeas petition, the grant of the petition is affirmed for the reasons stated by the...

Johnson v. Minor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, if the trial court reasonably believed that the defendant planned...