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Allen v. Siebert

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Court reiterates that when a postconviction petition is untimely under state law, "that [is] the end of the matter" for purposes of tolling the...

In re Bettencourt

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Order to the Board of Parole Hearings to hold a new hearing for petitioner on his sentence is reversed where some evidence supported the Board's...

Morales v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Grant of habeas relief as to the death sentence imposed for a conviction for kidnapping and aggravated murder is affirmed on the ground that his trial...

Diestel v. Hines

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
Denial of habeas relief in a first-degree murder case is affirmed as: 1) for purposes of a claim that petitioner was not sane at the time of the...

Medley v. Runnels

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a habeas corpus petition challenging a conviction for murder in state court and a related twenty-year enhancement for discharge of a firearm...

Cummings v. Sirmons

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a death penalty case, denial of habeas relief is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel;...

Holmes v. Buss

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
An appeal of a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is remanded to the district court for a further exploration of the petitioner's mental...

Willette v. Fischer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Grant of habeas petition, reversing four of eight counts in an indictment, is remanded for entry of a modified judgment that vacates only three...

Lo v. Endicott

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where a state court decision modifying substantive law did not justify a new limitations...

Barnhill v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a motion to vacate petitioner's conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death, and a petition for habeas relief, are affirmed and...