Search for: "Habeas Corpus Cases" Results 2161 - 2180 of 4,148
Sorted by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
21 Sep 2023, 3:20 pm by Kalvis Golde
A person held in state prison can challenge the constitutionality of their criminal conviction in federal court through a legal tool known as a writ of habeas corpus. [read post]
9 May 2010, 9:14 pm by cdw
After the jump the rough draft of this week’s cases, no barn burners.SCOTUS Renico v. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 11:17 am
Weekly D220aCriminal law -- Habeas corpus -- State court reasonably applied Supreme Court precedent to facts of case in rejecting claim that certain jury instructions on accomplice liability used at petitioner's trial on murder and related charges were ambiguous and were likely misinterpreted by jury to relieve state of burden of proving every element of crime beyond a reasonable doubt -- Circuit court erred in granting habeas relief where state-court… [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 9:14 pm by cdw
LEXIS 11299 (3rd Cir 6/3/2010) (unpublished)”[T]he Commonwealth contends the District Court improperly granted Gwynn’s habeas corpus discovery requests. [read post]
10 Apr 2011, 9:37 pm by Steve Kalar
Interesting, though, to think how a corrected Delgado-Ramos decision could be used in a habeas corpus challenge to a prior, or a writ of coram nobis. [read post]
26 Sep 2008, 3:13 am
A new case reminds us that in jury selection, economics and race are often the same thing. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 9:08 am by Steve Hall
The court and Congress have, moreover, severely limited habeas corpus challenges to convictions and sentences. [read post]
8 Sep 2012, 2:39 pm
The options for further judicial review of their sentences, such as a petition for habeas corpus, also appear to be few. [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 10:08 pm
It suggests a weaker case of military necessity and much greater alignment with the traditional function of habeas corpus. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 5:00 am by zshapiro
Other cases, where convictions have been obtained may be reversed on writs of habeas corpus. [read post]
27 Feb 2007, 9:02 pm
Amero's ace in the hole in this case is a habeas corpus petition. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 10:52 am by Kent Scheidegger
  It was a state case being reviewed on federal habeas corpus, and the unsettledness of the underlying question was enough to require the federal court to respect the state court's decision under the controlling act of Congress. [read post]
17 Sep 2011, 3:58 am by Benjamin Wittes
In several habeas corpus lawsuits, judges have approved the detention of Qaeda suspects who were captured far from the Afghan battlefield, as well as detainees who were deemed members of a force that was merely “associated” with Al Qaeda. [read post]
24 Apr 2015, 3:37 pm by Kevin
Clark "[does] not seek a writ ... from this Court" and "[does] not wish to be made party to this or any other habeas corpus action at this time," a notice that was signed by Mrs. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 6:05 am by Thomas J.G. Scott - Guest
  The district court dismissed his suit, concluding that Skinner could seek access to the DNA evidence only through a petition for habeas corpus because the request for DNA testing was “‘so intertwined’ with the merits of the conviction as to require habeas corpus treatment. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 8:23 am by Walter Reaves
After he was convicted and his appeal was denied Smith filed a writ of habeas corpus in State court, which was also denied. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 4:27 am by Maxwell Kennerly
Of those, five, including the summary reversal, were habeas corpus cases in which the appellate court had granted relief to the defendant only to be second-guessed by the justices. [read post]
23 Jun 2013, 10:07 pm by Daniel Richardson
  And, if all else fails, any prisoner (both state and federal) can file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court. [read post]
28 Dec 2022, 12:10 pm by Lawrence Solum
For example, in federal habeas corpus, Congress has mandated more deference by restricting appellate factual review, while in some other areas of administrative adjudication (including immigration) it has required less factual deference (i.e., more review) than the constitutional floor would require. [read post]