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Holley v. Yarborough

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas matter involving a prosecution for lewd and lascivious acts on a child, the denial of the petition is reversed where the trial court erred...

Garcia v. Quarterman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the dismissal of Petitioner's second petition is affirmed, where Petitioner's petition sought compliance with an...

Allen v. Zavaras

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The dismissal of Petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed, where the District Court was not required to seek a response to the petition from the...

In re Hall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Juvenile Law
Petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the trial court to reverse its decision denying the appointment of counsel to pursue habeas corpus...

Jefferson v. Hall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the grant of Petitioner's habeas petition is reversed, where defense counsel did not perform ineffectively by limiting the...

O'Laughlin v. O'Brien

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of plaintiff's petition for habeas relief is reversed where: 1) given the circumstantial evidence in this case, even when...

Nadarajah v. Holder

Attorney's Fees, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In Petitioner's motion for attorney's fees in an appeal in which the Court of Appeals ordered that Petitioner's habeas petition be granted, the motion...

Rosencrantz v. Lafler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a sexual assault matter, the denial of Petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, even assuming the prosecution potentially violated...

Smith v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of Petitioner's petition is affirmed where: 1) the prosecutor's reference to Petitioner's lack of remorse was...

Hatten v. Quarterman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of Petitioner's petition is affirmed, where 1) there was no basis to overturn the District Court's finding that...