all - Opinion Summaries

FERGUSON v. ROPER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for habeas relief is affirmed where his due process rights and Confrontation Clause rights were not violated.

EISEMANN v. HERBERT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The grant of habeas corpus relief, on the ground that the defendant in a state court trial received ineffective assistance of counsel due to a...

KEENAN v. BAGLEY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's judgment that dismissed, as untimely, plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is vacated to determine whether plaintiff...

BIGBY v. DRETKE

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Plaintiff-inmate's sentence is vacated where the jury instructions given by the trial judge at the sentencing phase were unconstitutional since they...

BUSH v. NEET

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of habeas relief is affirmed where the plea agreement entered into by plaintiff and the government is enforceable.

BENN v. GREINER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The grant of a writ of habeas corpus to plaintiff is reversed where the district court's finding, that plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated...

HILL v. MITCHELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for habeas corpus relief is affirmed over his claim that his lawyers' failure to hire a mitigation psychologist until...

RIGGS v. FAIRMAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Upon concluding that plaintiff was denied effective assistance of counsel, the district court did not err in ordering the parties to return to the...

HAYES v. BROWN

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A prosecutor's knowing presentation of false evidence and failure to correct the record violate a criminal defendant's due process rights.

SERA v. NORRIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The grant of plaintiff's habeas petition, on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of rape, is reversed where the...