all - Opinion Summaries

Bradway v. Cate

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a murder prosecution, denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the California special circumstances statute that enhanced...

Porter v. McCollum

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In capital habeas proceedings, circuit court's order reversing a district court's grant of a habeas petition is reversed where it was objectively...

Gomez v. Sup. Ct.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Rejection of plaintiffs' petition challenging a county trial court's procedures as unconstitutional is affirmed where the summary denial of a prison...

White v. Howes

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's grant of petition for habeas relief on the ground that the trial court violated the Double Jeopardy Clause by convicting defendant...

DeBurgo v. Amand

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's request for habeas relief arising from his conviction for armed assault with intent to murder and assault and batter by means of...

Hunter v. Ferrell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings arising from a murder and robbery prosecution, dismissal of the habeas petition as untimely is vacated where petitioner's...

Parmley v. Norris

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a drug possession prosecution, dismissal of petitioner's habeas petition as untimely is affirmed where the Arkansas Court of Appeals was not a...

Wong v. Belmontes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In capital habeas proceedings, a circuit court's order requiring the petition to be granted is reversed where petitioner did not establish that...

Puglisi v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an appeal from the district court's denial of defendant's 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion to vacate his conviction and sentence due to ineffective...

Sanford v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In a petition for habeas review of a military court martial, dismissal of the petition is affirmed where 1) there was no due process right to a...