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Moore v. Czerniak

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for habeas relief from a conviction for felony murder is reversed where: 1) a conclusion that petitioner's recorded confession to...

US v. Mabry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of an inmate's habeas corpus petition is affirmed where: 1) defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to both direct and collateral...

US v. Lilly

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of an inmate's habeas petition based upon ineffective assistance of counsel is affirmed where there was sufficient evidence for a jury to have...

Wilson v. Johnson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming that plaintiff was entitled to monetary damages for unconstitutional imprisonment because Virginia improperly...

Prieto-Romero v. Clark

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
An alien whose removal order is administratively final, but whose removal is stayed pending the court of appeals' resolution of his petition for...

Mejia v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from convictions for kidnapping, assault with a firearm, and assault with a deadly weapon is affirmed...

Gattis v. State of Delaware

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a motion for postconviction relief in a capital murder case is affirmed where: 1) the trial judge did not err in declining to disqualify...

Contino v. United States

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In proceedings arising from a denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion to vacate his guilty plea and sentence, government's motion to...

Armstrong v. Kemna

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas relief from convictions for first degree murder, first degree assault, and armed criminal action, is reversed and remanded where: 1)...

Trotter v. Sec'y, Dep't of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of habeas relief in a death penalty case is affirmed where: 1) an amendment to the statute of aggravating factors did not affect defendant's...