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MARSHALL v. TAYLOR

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition if affirmed where the state trial court properly denied his request to represent himself on the ground that he...

PAYNE v. BELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Plaintiff-inmate's sentence of death is reversed where the use of the heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravating circumstance instruction violated his...

EX PARTE THOMPSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Habeas corpus relief is granted where newly discovered evidence shows that defendant is actually innocent.

GREEN v. NORRIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's claim for habeas relief is affirmed where the Arkansas courts' rulings on plaintiff's claims of ineffective assistance of...

CANAAN v. MCBRIDE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's grant of habeas corpus relief to plaintiff's conviction for attempted criminal deviate conduct is reversed where his lawyers were...

RAMIREZ v. DRETKE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's conditional granting of plaintiff's habeas corpus petition is reversed where the state court adjudication was not based on an...

PEREZ-OLIVO v. CHAVEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his challenge to the Bureau of Prisons's interpretation of 18 U.S.C....

TOWNS v. SMITH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The grant of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where plaintiff's trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing...

OWENS v. FRANK

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated.

PARKER v. SCOTT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claims of lack of due process and ineffective assistance of counsel.