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Babb v. Lozowsky

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Following a Nevada state court conviction for first degree murder with a deadly weapon, and robbery with a deadly weapon, judgment granting...

Deere v. Cullen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's grant of habeas corpus on ineffective assistance of counsel grounds is reversed, where: 1) even assuming that defendant' counsel...

Nevada v. Jackson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision granting defendant habeas corpus relief is reversed and remanded, where: 1) state supreme court...

In re Martinez

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Media Law
Petition for writ of habeas corpus to require the Warden to give petitioner the book The Silver Crown, that he ordered, which was confiscated by...

In re Boyette

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Order to show cause to the Department of Corrections regarding defendant's petition for habeas corpus relief on the grounds of jury misconduct during...

Biggs v. Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court properly dismissed defendant's habeas corpus petition challenging a decision by the Governor of California that defendant was not...

McQuiggin v. Perkins

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Sixth Circuit's holding that that defendant's actual-innocence claim allowed him to present his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim as if it...

Trevino v. Thaler

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where, as here, a State's procedural framework, by reason of its design and operation, makes it highly unlikely in a typical case that a defendant...

Wolfe v. Clarke

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
The district court's Order Enforcing Judgment releasing defendant, who had previously convicted of capital murder and related charges and sentenced to...

Metrish v. Lancaster

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant is not entitled to federal habeas relief, where: 1) after defendant's first trial but prior to his retrial, the Michigan Supreme Court 2001...