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HINES v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's claim of a denial of his right to testify, raised as part of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, failed because the defendant did...

HERNANDEZ v. SMALL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The admission of an extra-judicial statement, made by a fellow perpetrator who took the Fifth Amendment on the stand, was properly admitted against...

EX PARTE MADDING

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Where a trial court orally rules that a defendant's sentence will be served concurrently with another case and the defendant starts to serve that...

BRIDGES v. JOHNSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
An application for sentence review does not affect a defendant's post-conviction remedies, and thus does not toll the one-year limitations period for...

MANCUSO v. OLIVAREZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A jury's consideration of extrinsic evidence that a habeas petitioner had a prior felony record was not unduly prejudicial to the issue of whether to...

HENDERSON v. HARO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where a petition for habeas relief merely suggests that a petition will be unsuccessful under 28 U.S.C section 2255's requirements for successive...

HAYNES v. CAIN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where, over the defendant's objections, defense counsel explicitly conceded the defendant's guilt on certain felonies, did not contest the...

MCWEE v. WELDON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where the trial judge did not, as alleged, "promise" the defendant he would give a 30-year parole ineligibility charge to the jury, and where such...

POWELL v. GALAZA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Because the court's midtrial instruction, contrary to the principles in Carella v. California, 491 U.S. 263 (1989), effectively directed the jury to...

SANCHEZ v. DUNCAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where (1) the defendant was present in the courtroom for the entire jury selection process; (2) defense counsel participated in all bench conferences,...