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In re Stier

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Judgment in habeas corpus proceeding discharging defendant from the duty to register as a sex offender under Penal Code section 290, and removing his...

Ogle v. Johnson

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of federal habeas petition is reversed where a pro se petitioner fairly presents his claim to a state habeas court when he makes a bare...

Walls v. Konteh

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a criminal case in which a trial judge found that the 9/11 attacks created the kind of "manifest necessity" that justified a mistrial, grant of a...

Belcher v. State of Florida

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

Bowles v. Russell

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement, and case law precedent setting forth the "unique...

Kuenzel v. Allen

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas petition is vacated and remanded where the district court has not addressed the issue of whether petitioner has satisfied the...

Dill v. Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In case involving Alabama prisoner on death row for his conviction for a fatal shooting, denial of habeas petition is affirmed over claims that: 1)...

Pederson v. Fabian

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for habeas relief challenging a conviction for aiding and abetting a first-degree murder in the course of a burglary, and for...

Lambert v. McBride

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Motions to recall previous mandates of the court and stay petitioner's execution are denied where the motions were really requests to file successive...

Murdoch v. Castro

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a prisoner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his murder conviction is affirmed where, in light of the low probative value...