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Jaradat v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of a petition for habeas relief by a defendant convicted of rape and kidnapping is affirmed as the physical evidence...

Guilmette v. Howes

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings brought by a defendant convicted of first-degree home invasion claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, grant of a...

Smith v. Spisak

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In capital habeas proceedings, a grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where a state court's rejection of claimed errors regarding jury...

Reed v. Sec'y., Fla. Dept. of Corrs.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where 1) none of the evidence defense counsel obtained in...

Lopez-Lopez v. Sanders

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the fact that petitioner's claim was previously raised in a 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion and...

McDaniel v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings arising from a rape conviction, a circuit court of appeals' order affirming the grant of petitioner's habeas petition is...

Boyd v. Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where, although defense counsel's representation was likely...

Bradley v. State of Florida

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Defendant's request for habeas relief and a conviction for first-degree murder-for-hire of a woman's husband and sentence of death are affirmed as,...

Garraway v. Phillips

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, as a matter of law, petitioner forfeited his objection to the...

Cook v. Lamarque

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) the prosecution's justification for striking certain jurors...