all - Opinion Summaries

Lovitt v. True

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises four meritless points of error on direct appeal.

Ex Parte Ervin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Plaintiff was properly denied release to mandatory supervision on the ground that his prior conviction for sexual abuse precludes mandatory...

Nooner v. Norris

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises four meritless claims of error on direct appeal.

Watson v. Ward

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is reversed where the district court did not have jurisdiction to grant defendant's motion to alter or amend...

DeBerry v. Portuondo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the prosecutor improperly exercised peremptory...

Murillo v. Frank

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's conviction for murder is reversed where testimony was improperly admitted in violation of the Constitution's confrontation clause.

Nixon v. Epps

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises ten meritless points of error on direct appeal.

Lupien v. Clarke

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The grant of habeas corpus relief to plaintiff is reversed where the district court erroneously relied on an interpretation of Nebraska law that is in...

Insyxiengmay v. Morgan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of plaintiff's habeas petition is reversed where the district court incorrectly dismissed his claims on the ground that they were...

Rhines v. Weber

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A district court has discretion to stay a mixed petition for habeas relief to allow a petitioner to present his unexhausted claims to the state court...