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Fautenberry v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought by a state prisoner awaiting execution is affirmed over meritless claims of error regarding: 1)...

Ross v. Petro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Grant of habeas relief from a court of appeals' ruling reversing a grant of petitioner's motion following a mistrial to bar reprosecution on double...

Foxworth v. Maloney

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Order of a new trial after the grant of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is remanded for the district court to consider petitioner's argument...

Fahy v. Horn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Grant of a habeas petition vacating petitioner's death sentence is vacated and remanded to the extent that the writ was granted on the basis of Mills...

Jackson v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of habeas relief for petitioner as to his convictions for burglary and murder, and a grant of conditional relief as to special circumstances...

Estrada v. Scribner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas petition for a new trial after petitioner's conviction in California state court for, inter alia, second-degree murder is affirmed...

Mallard v. Cain

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Dismissal of a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 petition brought by a petitioner convicted of cocaine possession and sentenced to forty years in prison as a...

Flint v. Jordan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of motion under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 is affirmed where there is no Supreme Court decision mandating that petitioner's 1986 state court...

Brooks v. Bagley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital case in which petitioner was convicted of murdering his sons as they lay sleeping, denial of habeas relief is affirmed where state...

Johnson v. Fla. Dep't of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissals of untimely habeas petitions filed by state prisoner sentenced to die are affirmed over petitioner's claims that: 1) state action impeded...