all - Opinion Summaries

IN THE INTEREST OF Z.L.T.

Family Law, Habeas Corpus
Because prisoner failed to justify the need for his presence at civil hearings, and because the trial court was not required to inquire independently...

DAVIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Habeas Corpus
Denial of Plaintiff's postconviction motion based on ineffective assistance of counsel is affirmed. Plaintiff could not establish prejudice, such that...

US v. D-AMARIO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
To the extent that the district court suggested that a departure was warranted because of the paucity of prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. section...

BELMONTES v. WOODFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas writ is reversed and remanded to issue a writ vacating the death sentence as the jury was not instructed that it must consider...

GRIFFIN v. JOHNSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District Court did not abuse its discretion by deciding that an evidentiary hearing was unnecessary. Petitioner has not established that an...

RAYFORD v. STATE OF TEXAS

Habeas Corpus
Plaintiff raises twenty-four points of error in his capital murder conviction, but the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

HILL v. MORRISON

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of prisoner's habeas claim is affirmed. Filing a section 2255 petition in the district of conviction was an adequate and...

CAVER v. STRAUB

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Plaintiff's claim for ineffective assistance of counsel is affirmed as plaintiff's attorney was not present during jury re-instruction, a "critical...

JOHNSON v. REILLY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Petitions for a writ of mandamus to the United States Parole Commission for habeas corpus and declaratory relief, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2241,...

NEWTON v. MILLION

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's grant of habeas relief is reversed where there is no precedent to suggest that a criminal defendant's right to present a defense...