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GARCEAU v. WOODFORD

United States Ninth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
A jury instruction that allows for consideration of a defendant's "other crimes" in order to draw the additional inference of criminal propensity...
12/26/2001 99-99022

VALDEZ v. COCKRELL

United States Fifth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The lack of a full and fair hearing during prosecution of a state crime conviction does not preclude deferential review of a federal habeas petition...
12/26/2001 99-41216

IN RE: SENA

California Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus attacking parole denial is a challenge to the length of sentence, and thus the proper venue is the court that...
12/20/2001 B153471

SMITH v. DUNCAN

United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In determining whether a federal habeas petition is timely, an appellate court may rely on the file stamped dates and mailing declarations on state...
12/19/2001 00-16458

WINTERS v. MILLER

United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a murder case, the failure of defense counsel to raise argument of post-traumatic stress disorder in support of defendant's "defense of others"...
12/19/2001 00-1125

MALLETT v. STATE OF TEXAS

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a case of aggravated assault on a police officer, contradictory testimony regarding defendant's intent did not require defense counsel to withdraw...
12/19/2001 152-01

GANDARELA v. JOHNSON

United States Ninth Circuit
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 credibility of...
12/18/2001 00-35596

HUIZAR v. CAREY

United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The "prison mailbox rule," which deems a federal habeas petition as filed when the prisoner gives it to prison officials for mailing to the district...
12/14/2001 00-56285

THOMAS v. HUBBARD

United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In murder case where only evidence is a witness who also had a motive to commit the crime, defendant entitled to cross-examine police officers about...
12/05/2001 00-17050

VEAL v. IOWA CORR. INST. FOR WOMEN

United States Eighth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Evidence that judge met prosecutors at a bar after jury rendered a guilty verdict is not sufficient to show that a defendant had an unfair tribunal.
12/05/2001 01-2067

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