all - Opinion Summaries

NEWELL v. HANKS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 6(a) applies to the computation of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's grace period, and so any...

PROCTOR v. COCKRELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' retroactive application of a new judicial interpretation of Texas law, which shifted the burden of proof to the...

FISHER v. GIBSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defense counsel's failure to argue reasonable doubt in the guilt phase had a particularly devastating effect and was prejudicial precisely because the...

REESE v. BALDWIN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where a post-conviction relief court's decision disclosed its federal law basis, the Oregon Supreme Court was on notice of the specifically federal...

CARTER v. LEE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where the defendant could not establish by clear and convincing evidence that post-conviction relief court's findings, that his lawyers consulted with...

ROBINSON v. JOHNSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Because the AEDPA limitations period is subject to equitable modifications such as tolling, it is also subject to other non-jurisdictional, equitable...

HOUSE v. BELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A habeas petitioner is chargeable with his attorney's failure to timely assert a claim, and with the consequences of failing to do so; thus,...

GHENT v. WOODFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Because the district court erred in finding the admission of testimony in violation of defendant's Miranda rights in the special circumstances trial...

GANDARELA v. JOHNSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In child molestation case, evidence from witnesses, who had no direct knowledge of the crime but had some evidence that would impeach the credibility...

FRENCH v. JONES

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A defendant, whose lawyer was not present when the trial judge gave a supplemental instruction to a deadlocked jury, was denied counsel during a...