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In re Lawrence

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
The California Supreme Court rules that, because the core statutory determination entrusted to the Board of Parole Hearings and the governor is...

Wozny v. Grams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas relief to petitioner convicted of sexual assault of children is affirmed over claims that his pleas were not knowing and voluntary,...

de Rincon v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Civil Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
Appeals challenging an expedited removal order are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where: 1) the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to hear...

McMurtrey v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
In a pre-AEDPA case, grant of habeas corpus relief in a death penalty case is affirmed where: 1) there was substantial evidence, particularly by the...

Jones v. Walker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus from a conviction for felony murder and cruelty to a child is affirmed where petitioner failed to meet...

Bond v. Beard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In a capital-murder case, denial of petition for habeas relief as to defendant's conviction, and grant of relief as to his death sentence, are...

Stoltie v. Tilton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
The circuit court affirms the district court's decision, and adopts its opinion in Stoltie v. California, 501 F. Supp.2d 1252 (C.D. Cal. 2007), except...

Malone v. Walls

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus
In a first-degree murder case, denial of habeas relief is reversed and remanded where: 1) an ineffective assistance of counsel claim was not...

Holland v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus for death row petitioner is affirmed where: 1) the petition was filed beyond the one-year limitations...

Jells v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for habeas relief in a death penalty case is reversed where: 1) a state court applied the Strickland standard in an objectively...