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Carroll v. Renico

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas petition from a conviction for conspiracy to commit armed robbery is affirmed where Michigan state courts did not unreasonably...

Spottsville v. Terry

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of habeas petition as untimely is reversed where petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling for having been misled by the written order of...

Cummings v. Polk

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of death sentenced inmate's habeas petition is affirmed over claims that: 1) petitioner's due process rights were violated by the admission in...

Edwards v. LaMarque

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Grant of habeas relief in a murder case on ineffective assistance grounds is reversed where, despite a self-proclaimed assertion by trial counsel that...

Garcia v. Mathes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of a writ of habeas corpus in a first-degree murder case is affirmed over a claim that exclusion of evidence showing medical malpractice was an...

McNeill v. Polk

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Dismissal of habeas petition in capital case is affirmed over claims that petitioner was denied: 1) effective assistance of counsel when trial counsel...

Albritton v. White

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arising from petitioner's arrest on a capias due to her failure to appear at arraignment, is granted where the...

Conner v. Quarterman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Grant of a petition for habeas relief from the imposition of the death penalty for his conviction for capital murder in the course of a robbery is...

Davis v. Coyle

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of habeas relief in a death penalty case is reversed due to prejudicial error under Skipper v. South Carolina, 476 U.S. 1 (1986), in denying...

Ellen v. Brady

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where the Massachusetts Appeals Court's finding that no constitutional error occurred was not...