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Smith v. Dickhaut

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed, where the prisoner's counsel had not rendered ineffective assistance at...

In re Thompkins

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
On petition for a writ of habeas corpus asserting that an order of the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) denying the petitioner an advanced parole...

Garbutt v. Conway

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
On appeal of a denial of a writ of habeas corpus after conviction for second-degree murder on a theory of depraved indifference to human life, the...

In re Mims

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
On petition for writ of habeas corpus to seek review of a decision by the Board of Parole Hearings to deny the petitioner's release on parole, the...

Farmer v. McDaniel

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
On petition for a writ of habeas corpus to challenge a death sentence that Nevada sought to reimpose on the basis of statutory aggravating...

Richardson v. Branker

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
On a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 USC section 2254, the district court's judgment is: 1) reversed, insofar as it granted the petition,...

Cuevas v. Grondolsky

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a suit seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 USC section 2241 for alleged violations of the extradition treaty under which the prisoner was brought...

Lee v. Glunt

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
The district court's denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings, where the district...

Collins v. Ercole

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
On petition for habeas corpus brought by a prisoner who had earlier brought several post-conviction motions in state court, the district court's...

US v. Gonzalez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In Section 2255 habeas corpus proceedings alleging ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to call the petitioner's husband as a witness, in...