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Carrera v. Ayers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a Hispanic inmate's petition for habeas relief from his 1983 first-degree murder of two white victims during a robbery, claiming ineffective...

In re Cabrera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Court of Appeal's grant of defendant's request for habeas relief from his validation as a gang associate, is reversed and remanded where: 1) the Court...

Stankewitz v. Wong

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's request for habeas relief on claim of ineffective assistance of counsel at the penalty phase of his capital...

In re Shigemura

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In an inmate's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the Board of Parole Hearings' (Board) denial of her application for a parole date,...

Lambright v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In defendant's federal habeas proceeding, district court's decision to modify a protective order concerning materials produced during the federal...

Young v. Conway

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In State's appeal from district court's grant of defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus vacating his convictions for robbery and burglary, and...

Corby v. Artus

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In appeal from judgment granting petitioner a writ of habeas corpus, judgment is reversed, where petitioner’s Confrontation Clause rights were not...

In re Sanchez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Defendant's petition for habeas relief from the decision of the Board of Parole Hearings (Board) finding him unsuitable for parole, is granted where...

Cudjo v. Ayers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from his murder conviction is reversed and remanded where the United States Supreme...

Miles v. Martel

Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim, alleging that his counsel advised him...