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21 Apr 2009, 12:01 pm
Quarterman, No. 09-70013 In a capital murder case, the denial of Defendant's motions for a stay of execution and appointment of counsel for clemency purposes is affirmed, where: 1) there was no habeas petition pending, and therefore the District Court had no jurisdiction to enjoin the execution; and 2) there was no showing of additional evidence that could be presented in clemency proceedings. . [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 7:06 pm
Quarterman, No. 06-10872 Denial of a habeas corpus petition alleging that a trial judge was required to recuse himself is affirmed where the state appellate court's decision denying a new trial was not contrary to, and did not involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, and therefore did not meet the structural error test requiring automatic reversal.. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 11:34 am
Quarterman, No. 06-70024 Grant of conditional habeas relief on a claim of judicial bias from a conviction for capital murder and death sentence is vacated and relief denied where: 1) although various comments and actions by the trial judge both on and off the bench were highly improper; nevertheless, 2) under the AEDPA's highly deferential standard, a state habeas court's decision was neither an unreasonable application of controlling Supreme Court precedent, nor did it… [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 7:35 am
Quarterman, No. 03-20401 "Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a capital murder case is affirmed over claims of error regarding whether: 1) trial counsel provided ineffective representation; and 2) jury instructions given at the sentencing phase of his trial violated his constitutional rights pursuant to Penry v. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 8:59 am by Tom Goldstein
  His successor could take a broader view of the extent to which federal law controls, which would allow fewer state-law tort suits to proceed. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 8:11 am
Quarterman, No. 06-20764 The prohibition against successive section 2254 petitions does not require a prisoner to challenge all judgments from a single court in a single habeas petition. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 7:16 pm
Quarterman, No. 05-20350 Denial of federal habeas petition is reversed and remanded for a de novo hearing of appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claims, as the state habeas trial court's findings do not survive review where the appellate court did not specify which facts it accepted and which it rejected in denying the petition. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 7:13 am
Quarterman, No. 07-70004 Denial of an application for a certificate of appealability following denial of habeas relief is affirmed in part, but reversed in part where, in light of the recent decision in Snyder v. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 9:14 pm
Haviland, No. 07-3380 Grant of a conditional writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where: 1) petitioner sought to represent himself at trial, and the trial court's failure to rule on his requests to proceed pro se deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation; and 2) state courts' objectiv [read post]